Books in translationLike this list

26 items

• Before the Coffee Gets Cold

  Kawaguchi, Toshikazu, 1971-

  Add Before the Coffee Gets Cold to your for later shelf

  At a century-old Tokyo coffee shop rumored to offer patrons the chance to travel back in time, four customers reevaluate their formative life choices. (NovelList) #Magical realism #timetravel

• The Vegetarian

  a Novel

  Han, Kang, 1970-

  Add The Vegetarian to your for later shelf

  Deciding to go vegetarian in the wake of violent thoughts, Yeong-hye, a woman from an Asian culture of strict societal mores, is denounced as a subversive as she spirals into extreme rebelliousness that causes her to splinter from her true nature…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Frankenstein in Baghdad

  a Novel

  Saʻdāwī, Aḥmad

  Add Frankenstein in Baghdad to your for later shelf

  From the rubble-strewn streets of U.S.-occupied Baghdad, Hadi--a scavenger and an oddball fixture at a local cafe--collects human body parts and stitches them together to create a corpse. His goal, he claims, is for the government to recognize the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The War of the Poor

  Vuillard, Éric

  Add The War of the Poor to your for later shelf

  A powerful account of the German Peasants’ War (1524–25) that shows striking parallels to class conflicts of our time. (Goodreads) #nonfiction #history #religion #french

• Voices From Chernobyl

  Aleksievich, Svetlana, 1948-

  Add Voices From Chernobyl to your for later shelf

  The people of Chernobyl talk about their lives before, during, and after the worst nuclear reactor accident in history which occurred on April 26, 1986 in Chernobyl. (NoveList) #nonfiction #history #russian

• Moonstone

  the Boy Who Never Was

  Sjón, 1962-

  Add Moonstone to your for later shelf

  A gay man in 1918 Reykjavik deals with homophobia, the Spanish flu and the threat of war by seeking escape in European films, in the latest novel from the Icelandic award-winning novelist, poet and playwright. (NoveList) #literary fiction.#lgbtqia…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree

  Azar, Shokoofeh,

  Add Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree to your for later shelf

  A family story about the unbreakable connection between the living and the dead. (NoveList). #literary fiction #magical realism #farsi.

• The Forgery

  Barrera, Ave, 1980-

  Add The Forgery to your for later shelf

  A failing artist turned forger, an architectural masterpiece hidden behind high walls, an impish vagabond, and some very resourceful, very intimidating twins—Forgery pays homage to greats like Juan Rulfo and Luis Barragán, traversing late 20th…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Cursed Bunny

  Chung, Bora, 1976-

  Add Cursed Bunny to your for later shelf

  Cursed Bunny is a genre-defying collection of short stories by Korean author Bora Chung. Blurring the lines between magical realism, horror, and science-fiction, Chung uses elements of the fantastic and surreal to address the very real horrors and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• At Night All Blood Is Black

  Diop, David, 1966-

  Add At Night All Blood Is Black to your for later shelf

  Haunted for refusing to kill an injured comrade who begged to be spared an agonizing death, a World War I soldier from Senegal begins killing enemy soldiers as penance, earning a sinister reputation. (NoveList) #historical fiction #psychological…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Black Lizard

  And, Beast in the Shadows

  Edogawa, Ranpo, 1894-1965

  Add The Black Lizard to your for later shelf

  The Black Lizard, a master criminal as deadly as she is beautiful, wagers all in an epic battle with a master detective. A mystery writer vows to protect the woman he secretly loves from the Beast in the Shadows, but disaster strikes when he turns…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Creative Surgery

  Farris, Clelia, 1967-

  Add Creative Surgery to your for later shelf

  In these mind-bending tales, you'll find captivating characters with elusive identities. With dry and polished prose, Clelia Farris takes us on adventures among the ruins of a future marred by climate change and in a haunting prison inhabited by the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Second Best

  Foenkinos, David

  Add Second Best to your for later shelf

  It's 1999. Martin Hill is ten years old, crazy about Arsenal and has a minor crush on a girl named Betty. Then he makes it to the final two in the casting for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. In the end, the other boy is picked for the role…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Time Shelter

  a Novel

  Gospodinov, Georgi, 1968-

  Add Time Shelter to your for later shelf

  In an apricot-colored building in Zurich, surrounded by curiously planted forget-me-nots, Gaustine has opened the first “clinic for the past,” an institution that offers an inspired treatment for Alzheimer’s sufferers: each floor reproduces a past…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Tyll

  Kehlmann, Daniel, 1975-

  Add Tyll to your for later shelf

  A vagabond and trickster from the 17th century embarks on a journey of discovery as he travels through history. (NoveList) #literary fiction #magical realism #german

• My Struggle. A Death in the Family

  Knausgård, Karl Ove, 1968-

  Add My Struggle. A Death in the Family to your for later shelf

  Almost ten years have passed since Karl O. Knausgaard's father drank himself to death. He is now embarking on his third novel while haunted by self-doubt. Knausgaard breaks his own life story down to its elementary particles, often recreating…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Beauty Is a Wound

  Kurniawan, Eka, 1975-

  Add Beauty Is a Wound to your for later shelf

  The book combines history, satire, family tragedy, legend, humour, and romance in an astonishing epic novel, in which the beautiful Indo prostitute Dewi Ayu and her four daughters are beset by every monstrosity. Kurniawan's gleefully grotesque…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Three-body Problem

  Liu, Cixin

  Add The Three-body Problem to your for later shelf

  Set against the backdrop of China's Cultural Revolution, a secret military project's signal is received by an alien civilization on the brink of destruction, which plans to invade Earth; meanwhile, on Earth, different camps start forming, planning…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Nefando

  Ojeda, Mónica, 1988-

  Add Nefando to your for later shelf

  Six artists share an apartment in Barcelona. All of them are connected in different ways to Nefando, a controversial video game whose purpose remains a mystery. In the parallel reality of the game, players found relief from the pain of trauma and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Nights of Plague

  Pamuk, Orhan, 1952-

  Add Nights of Plague to your for later shelf

  In 1900, when a plague arrives on Mingheria, brought either by Muslim pilgrims returning from the Mecca or by merchant vessels coming from Alexandria, the Sultan, bowing to international pressure, allows foreign and Ottoman warships to blockade the…Read moreRead more of this annotation