tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post4896995651744523286..comments2024-03-28T06:47:24.428-04:00Comments on As the Crowe Flies (and Reads!): Book Review: The President's Hat by Antoine LaurainAs the Crowe Flies and Readshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12110661562901480120noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-4654695468554794992014-04-18T17:08:45.995-04:002014-04-18T17:08:45.995-04:00A bit late to the party, but the book looks awesom...A bit late to the party, but the book looks awesome -- I'm intrigued. As for authors in translation, it's hard to go wrong with (the now late) Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Isabel Allende, Jose Saramago, or Per Petterson. Haruki Murakami is an acquired taste, but entertaining, and Machado de Assis has a good, dry wit. I also really liked Pramoedya Ananta Toer's This Earth of Mankind in his Buru Quartet (the other three books -- not so much).<br />If you want to expand your list of translated authors, the Nobel Prize list has some good options, with novelists such as Thomas Mann or Orhan Pamuk, or poets such as Rabindranath Tagore, Gabriela Mistral, or Pablo Neruda, all of whom I've enjoyed. Just some ideas from around the world.Mome Rathnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-51418946450151584272014-04-10T18:38:33.791-04:002014-04-10T18:38:33.791-04:00Becky, I'm embarrassed again. I dn't know...Becky, I'm embarrassed again. I dn't know Sara Elfgren and Mats Strandberg. I'm clearly going to have to expand my books-in-translation horizons!As the Crowe Flies and Readshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12110661562901480120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-74158848147413920802014-04-10T18:37:25.352-04:002014-04-10T18:37:25.352-04:00Ummm, I'm embarassed to admit that though I...Ummm, I'm embarassed to admit that though I've heard of Sophie's World, I didn't realize that (1) it was a book in translation, and (2) was written by a woman. I've heard wonderful things about it, though!As the Crowe Flies and Readshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12110661562901480120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-23919234713456141372014-04-10T18:36:29.613-04:002014-04-10T18:36:29.613-04:00I hope you'll post a review if you ever get ar...I hope you'll post a review if you ever get around to reading it.As the Crowe Flies and Readshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12110661562901480120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-33998683957657386562014-04-10T18:36:10.126-04:002014-04-10T18:36:10.126-04:00We can be mutually encouraging of this endeavor.We can be mutually encouraging of this endeavor.As the Crowe Flies and Readshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12110661562901480120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-11272891767205132212014-04-10T18:35:50.908-04:002014-04-10T18:35:50.908-04:00American publishing is to blame! American publishing is to blame! As the Crowe Flies and Readshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12110661562901480120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-12792393150881678802014-04-10T18:02:33.292-04:002014-04-10T18:02:33.292-04:00Ooh, this one sounds delightful!
I do definitely ...Ooh, this one sounds delightful!<br /><br />I do definitely make an attempt to seek out translated fiction. A lot of it ends up being Scandinavian fare simply because of my penchant for thrillers! <br /><br />Last year I signed on for a translation challenge and did manage to read 11/12 I believe (I didn't finish my October one!). The challenge didn't continue this year but I'm still making an effort to include translated stuff each month. So far this year I've read 5 I believe. My favorites have definitely been the two Engelsfors books by Sara Elfgren and Mats Strandberg. I've also read a few collections this year that had translated shorts. Becky LeJeunehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01030931605009567165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-60527949326517595982014-04-10T13:51:26.208-04:002014-04-10T13:51:26.208-04:00I like the sound of this book.
My favourite autho...I like the sound of this book.<br /> My favourite author (at the moment) who does not write in the English language is Jostein Gaarder - a Norwegian. Her stories flow beautifully. My favourites are "The Orange Girl" which is a captivating story told in an original style and making one analyse the beauty of love and death and "Sophie's World" which is like philosophy for beginners but in a delightful story so that is in no way like a textbook. Jan Clydesdalenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-60935155831744275702014-04-10T11:23:30.503-04:002014-04-10T11:23:30.503-04:00I've got this on my Kindle and your review has...I've got this on my Kindle and your review has intrigued me!Falaisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01296217731383114462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-75532029495364022722014-04-10T10:57:41.283-04:002014-04-10T10:57:41.283-04:00This sounds wonderful. I don't read much work ...This sounds wonderful. I don't read much work in translation either, but it's something I would like to work on!Lindseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00333927782181943347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-83257962859589032442014-04-08T22:00:46.688-04:002014-04-08T22:00:46.688-04:00Thanks for this recommendation! It sounds like a ...Thanks for this recommendation! It sounds like a lovely book, I look forward to reading it. I honestly can't remember the last translated book I've read, now that I think about it - maybe none since college!?Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09438150952169640562noreply@blogger.com