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message 1: by Ruth (new)

Aug 08, 2022 05:17AM

So many authors on this list that I've not yet read. Here are the books which I have already read, those written in Spanish I've read in their original versions
My Brilliant Friend
The Door
The Summer Book
The Complete Persepolis
The House of the Spirits
Eve out of Her Ruins
Woman at Point Zero
Soviet Milk
Nada
Mirror, Shoulder, Signal
Like Water for Chocolate
The History of Bees
Our Lady of the Nile

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message 2: by Ruth (last edited Aug 08, 2022 05:36AM) (new)

Aug 08, 2022 05:21AM

Now embarking on The Vegetarian by Han Kang translated by Deborah Smith, a translator based in London who founded the publishing company Tilted Axis Press which specialises in translating works by Asian writers https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...

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message 3: by Nike (new)

Mar 19, 2024 03:54PM

The Vegetarian is really good and The Summerbook is a gem (⁠◕⁠ᴗ⁠◕⁠✿⁠)

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