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Hanneke Aug 2023 4:46pm, 22 Aug 2023 108,924 posts	0 Hanneke Yes, Owlie, they do! There will be a few on my list... The Guest Cat Travelling Cat Chronicles Etc
McGoohan Aug 2023 9:45pm, 22 Aug 2023 53,107 posts	0 McGoohan BTW here was the shortlist for the most recent International Booker prize: thebookerprizes.com Boulder by Eva Baltasar Translated by Julia Sanches Whale by Cheon Myeong-kwan Translated by Chi-Young Kim The Gospel According to the New World byMaryse Condé Translated by Richard Philcox Standing Heavy by GauZ' Translated by Frank Wynne Time Shelter by Georgi Gospodinov (prize winner) Translated by Angela Rodel Still Born by Guadalupe Nettel Translated by Rosalind Harvey Anyone read any of these yet?
Night-owl Aug 2023 7:12pm, 23 Aug 2023 43,399 posts	0 Night-owl Nope. But recently googled to see who'd won after my recent read was shortlisted last year. Tempted to give that one a go
Night-owl Aug 2023 7:29pm, 23 Aug 2023 43,400 posts	0 Night-owl I've just watched this video he sounds so charming. I think I will buy this https://youtu.be/MwVbxFdfTYs
Hanneke Aug 2023 9:15pm, 23 Aug 2023 109,014 posts	0 Hanneke Interesting list, thanks McG
McGoohan Aug 2023 9:15pm, 23 Aug 2023 53,112 posts	0 McGoohan I am quite keen on reading Time Shelter on seeing that
Night-owl Aug 2023 10:08pm, 24 Aug 2023 43,408 posts	0 Night-owl Have purchased Time shelter though it didn't cost me anything as I had enough stamps on my card
Night-owl Oct 2023 10:49am, 8 Oct 2023 43,826 posts	0 Night-owl Finished Time Shelter a few nights ago by Georgi Gospodinov Translated by Angela Rodel It was good I did wonder if it was too deep for me. But I did like his style of writing and the translation was good not that I'm an expert Also read Before the coffee gets cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi trans. Geoffrey Trousselot that was a book group book. I think that was my 3rd Japanese book Just started The Guide by Indian author R K Narayan which was a recommendation But also started You will never be found by Tove Alsterdal translation Alice Menzies Swedish crime so good so far I seem to like swedish writers I don't know why easy to read I gave read several will have to do a count. Don't know if it's easier to translate from an English point of view or something else
Night-owl Oct 2023 11:41pm, 12 Oct 2023 43,865 posts	0 Night-owl Me again A new to me author. This was translated by Alice Menzies And it was so good. Unputdownable First I must say if you don't like the gory details of a crime its not for you. Set in the Northern parts of Sweden I found myself googling place names. Should really of made notes these places do exist. And the history quite fascinating Now I like my chapters this does but they are long over 100 pages for the first 2. But it wasn't bad it does at least have paragraphs It's crime at its finest a body is found in a derelict building then one of the lead detectives goes missing feared captured can they find him before it's too late This was a library book I've bought the first book in the series to read later. I've read 177 books if counted right since 2014 when fetch book group was formed. 10th anniversary next year. Out of that 11 have been from Sweden
LindsD Oct 2023 6:27am, 13 Oct 2023 64,461 posts	0 LindsD Wow!