North Canton Public Library: Adult Summer Reading: Books In Translation

North Canton OH

03 June, 2021

4:02 PM

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Press release from the North Canton Public Library: Shelia June 3rd, 2021 One of our Summer Reading themes is Explore Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, which means it's also one of the Activity badges Adults can earn as an entry for the grand prize drawings. There are four different Activities that are part of the badge (you have to complete two to earn the badge), and one of those Activities is to read a book in translation. I will admit that I love international literature, so putting together this list of suggested books was a lot of fun for me. The translated book you read to check off this activity does not have to come from this list, but if you're unsure where to start, this list might help you out. To create this list, I used our NoveList database, which you can also use here. I also couldn't help myself from including some of my favorites! (Dostoevsky is the best!!!! Trust me, it might seem counterintuitive, but Crime and Punishment really is a perfect summer read.) Hopefully you find a great book in translation to read this summer, and if you do, I'd love to hear about it! Shelia Anxious People by Fredrik Backman translated from the Swedish by Neil Smith A Night in the Cemetery: And Other Stories of Crime and Suspense by Anton Chekhov translated from the Russian by Peter Sekirin A Beast in Paradise by Cecile Coulon translated from the French by Tina Kover Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky translated from the Russian by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante translated from the Italian by Ann Goldstein The Summer of Ellen by Agnete Friis translated from the Danish by Sinead Quirke Kongerskov One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez translated from the Spanish by Gregory Rabassa The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George translated from the French by Simon Pare Auntie Poldi and the Sicilian Lions by Mario Giordano translated from the Italian by John Brownjohn Dear Child by Romy Hausmann translated from the German by Jamie Bulloch The Good Son by Jeong You-jeong translated from the Korean by Kim Chi-Young Tyll by Daniel Kehlmann translated from the German by Ross Benjamin Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi translated from the Japanese by Geoffrey Trousselot Tao Te Ching by Lao-Tzu various translations From the Shadows by Juan José Millás translated from the Spanish by Thomas Bunstead and Daniel Hahn Killing Commendatore by Haruki Murakami translated from the Japanese by Philip Gabriel and Ted Goossen The Kingdom by Jo Nesbo translated from the Norwegian by Robert Ferguson The Essential Rumi by Rumi translated from the Persian by Coleman Barks, with John Moyne, A.A. Arberry, Reynold Nicholson Blood of Elves by Andrzej Sapkowski translated from the Polish by Danusia Stok Flights by Olga Tokarczuk translated from the Polish by Jennifer Croft Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne various translations The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem by Sarit Yishai-Levi translated from the Hebrew by Anthony Berris This press release was produced by the North Canton Public Library. The views expressed here are the author's own.