In Translation Book Club

Launched at the beginning of 2020, the In Translation Book Club meets on the third Tuesday of every month to discuss translated books from around the globe. 

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Past reads include:

The Man Who Spoke Snakish By Andrus Kivirähk, Christopher Moseley (Translator) Cover Image
$16.00
ISBN: 9780802124128
Availability: On our shelves now at one or more of our stores
Published: Grove Press, Black Cat - November 3rd, 2015

A bestseller in the author's native country of Estonia, where the book is so well known that a popular board game has been created based on it, The Man Who Spoke Snakish is the imaginative and moving story of a boy who is tasked with preserving ancient traditions in the face of modernity.


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Days at the Morisaki Bookshop: A Novel By Satoshi Yagisawa, Eric Ozawa (Translated by) Cover Image
By Satoshi Yagisawa, Eric Ozawa (Translated by)
$16.99
ISBN: 9780063278677
Availability: On our shelves now at one or more of our stores
Published: Harper Perennial - July 4th, 2023

The wise and charming international bestseller and hit Japanese movie—about a young woman who loses everything but finds herself—a tale of new beginnings, romantic and family relationships, and the comfort that can be found in books. 


Three Summers By Margarita Liberaki, Karen Van Dyck (Translated by) Cover Image
By Margarita Liberaki, Karen Van Dyck (Translated by)
$17.95
ISBN: 9781681373300
Availability: On our shelves now at one or more of our stores
Published: NYRB Classics - July 9th, 2019

A tender story about three sisters coming of age in Greece over the course of three summers, now available after being out of print for over twenty years.


When I Sing, Mountains Dance: A Novel By Irene Solà Cover Image
$16.00
ISBN: 9781644450802
Availability: On our shelves now at one or more of our stores
Published: Graywolf Press - March 15th, 2022

A spellbinding novel that places one family’s tragedies against the uncontainable life force of the land itself.


The Neverending Story By Michael Ende, Ralph Manheim (Translated by) Cover Image
By Michael Ende, Ralph Manheim (Translated by)
$9.99
ISBN: 9780140386332
Availability: On our shelves now at one or more of our stores
Published: Puffin Books - January 1st, 1993

Read the book that inspired the classic coming-of-age film! From award-winning German author Michael Ende, The Neverending Story is a classic tale of one boy and the book that magically comes to life. 


Fly Already: Stories By Etgar Keret Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780399573026
Availability: On our shelves now at one or more of our stores
Published: Riverhead Books - September 1st, 2020

From a "genius" (New York Times) storyteller: a new, subversive, hilarious, heart-breaking collection.

"There is sweetheartedness and wisdom and eloquence and transcendence in his stories because these virtues exist in abundance in Etgar himself... I am very happy that Etgar and his work are in the world, making things better." --George Saunders


The Lying Life of Adults By Elena Ferrante, Ann Goldstein (Translator) Cover Image
By Elena Ferrante, Ann Goldstein (Translator)
$18.00
ISBN: 9781609457150
Availability: On our shelves now at one or more of our stores
Published: Europa Editions - September 21st, 2021

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
The Washington Post - O, The Oprah Magazine - TIME Magazine - NPR - Financial Times - New York Post - Kirkus Reviews - Harper's Bazaar

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A NATIONAL INDIE BESTSELLER


Chasing Homer By László Krasznahorkai, John Batki (Translated by), Max Neumann (By (artist)), Szilveszter Miklós (Performed by) Cover Image
By László Krasznahorkai, John Batki (Translated by), Max Neumann (By (artist)), Szilveszter Miklós (Performed by)
$19.95
ISBN: 9780811227971
Availability: On our shelves now at one or more of our stores
Published: New Directions - November 2nd, 2021

A classic escape nightmare, Chasing Homer is sped on not only by Krasznahorkai’s signature velocity, but also by a unique musical score and intense illustrations


Chronicle of a Death Foretold (Vintage International) By Gabriel García Márquez, Gregory Rabassa (Translated by) Cover Image
$15.00
ISBN: 9781400034710
Availability: On our shelves now at one or more of our stores
Published: Vintage - October 7th, 2003

NOBEL PRIZE WINNER • From the author of One Hundred Years of Solitude comes the gripping story of the murder of a young aristocrat that puts an entire society—not just a pair of murderers—on trial. 


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Winter in Sokcho By Elisa Shua Dusapin, Aneesa Abbas Higgins (Translator) Cover Image
$14.95
ISBN: 9781948830416
Availability: On our shelves now at one or more of our stores
Published: Open Letter - April 27th, 2021

2021 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER FOR TRANSLATED LITERATURE

As if Marguerite Duras wrote Convenience Store Woman--a beautiful, unexpected novel from a debut French Korean author


Black Moses By Alain Mabanckou Cover Image
$15.99
ISBN: 9781620975893
Availability: On our shelves now at one or more of our stores
Published: New Press - October 1st, 2019

The heart-breaking (New York Times Book Review), rollicking, award-winning novel that has been described as Oliver Twist in 1970s Africa (Les Inrockuptibles)

One of the most compelling books you'll read in any language this year. --Rolling Stone

Winner of the Hurston-Wright Legacy Award