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My Books of The Year thread.
This year, I reviewed 23 books. 1 for @TheTLS , 1 for the @dubreviewbooks and 21 for @IrishTimesBooks . I'm very grateful to @MartinDoyleIT for allowing me to share my thoughts about these books in the paper. Most of the books were published . . .
This year, I reviewed 23 books. 1 for @TheTLS , 1 for the @dubreviewbooks and 21 for @IrishTimesBooks . I'm very grateful to @MartinDoyleIT for allowing me to share my thoughts about these books in the paper. Most of the books were published . . .
by small publishers who lead the way in taking risks and publishing the most interesting writers of this and other times.
Of course, I also read books that I didn't review and between them all I've chosen my favourites. I was going to select 10 until @bookishwanderer suggested
Of course, I also read books that I didn't review and between them all I've chosen my favourites. I was going to select 10 until @bookishwanderer suggested
I choose whatever number of books I wish. So, I've picked 16, 15 from the last year or so and one classic. Of course, these books are chosen from those I had time to read. There is a large pile of books I would love to have got to but didn't manage to, yet! The books are:
Love, by Hanne Ørstavik translated by Martin Aitken ( @andothertweets & @archipelagobks )
The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree by Shokoofeh Azar, translated by Anonymous ( @EuropaEditions)
Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor, translated by @hughes_sophie ( @FitzcarraldoEds )
The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree by Shokoofeh Azar, translated by Anonymous ( @EuropaEditions)
Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor, translated by @hughes_sophie ( @FitzcarraldoEds )
Mac & His Problem, by Enrique Vila-Matas, translated by Margaret Jull Costa and @hughes_sophie ( @HarvillSecker)
The Frightened Ones, by @dimawannous, translated by Elisabeth Jaquette ( @HarvillSecker)
Grove, by Esther Kinsky, translated by Caroline Schmidt ( @FitzcarraldoEds)
The Frightened Ones, by @dimawannous, translated by Elisabeth Jaquette ( @HarvillSecker)
Grove, by Esther Kinsky, translated by Caroline Schmidt ( @FitzcarraldoEds)
No-Signal Area, by Robert Perišić, translated by Ellen Elias-Bursac ( @7StoriesPress)
The Disaster Tourist, by Yun Ko-eun, translated by Lizzie Buehler ( @serpentstail)
Farewell, Ghosts, by Nadia Terranova, translated by Ann Goldstein ( @7StoriesPress)
The Disaster Tourist, by Yun Ko-eun, translated by Lizzie Buehler ( @serpentstail)
Farewell, Ghosts, by Nadia Terranova, translated by Ann Goldstein ( @7StoriesPress)
A Musical Offering, by Luis Sagasti, translated by @elusiveword ( @CharcoPress)
Veilchenfeld, by Gert Hofmann, translated by Gert Hofmann ( @CBeditions)
The Family Clause, by @jhkhemiri, translated by Alice Menzies ( @HarvillSecker)
Mr Beethoven, by @disgwylfa ( @HenninghamPress)
Veilchenfeld, by Gert Hofmann, translated by Gert Hofmann ( @CBeditions)
The Family Clause, by @jhkhemiri, translated by Alice Menzies ( @HarvillSecker)
Mr Beethoven, by @disgwylfa ( @HenninghamPress)
Only A Lodger . . .And Hardly That, by by Vesna Main ( @seagullbooks)
The Madness, by Narcís Oller, translated by Douglas Suttle ( @FumdEstampa)
The Madness, by Narcís Oller, translated by Douglas Suttle ( @FumdEstampa)
