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Lost In Translation

Notable Book Translations

A Long Petal of the Sea
by Isabel Allende

Sponsored by the poet Pablo Neruda to flee the violence of the Spanish Civil War, a pregnant widow and an army doctor unite in an arranged marriage only to be swept up by the early days of World War II.

Translated from Spanish by Nick Caistor and Amanda Hopkinson

The Widow Queen
by Elzbieta Cherezinska

Presented as a choice marriage candidate to princes in three different realms, a Polish duke’s daughter is forced to reconcile her dreams with the harsh realities of leadership in a foreign land.

Translated from Polish by Maya Zakrzewska-Pim

Vagabonds
by Hao Jingfang

Sent to Earth a century after the Martian war of independence, a group of young delegates becomes caught between two worlds, unable to reconcile the beauty and culture of Mars with the realities of a violent Earth.

Translated from Chinese by Ken Liu

Breasts And Eggs
by Mieko Kawakami

Painting a portrait of contemporary womanhood in Japan, a Japanese writer tells the intimate journeys of three women as they confront oppression and their own uncertainties as they search for peace and a future they can finally call their own.

Translated from Japanese by Sam Bett and David Boyd

Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming
by László Krasznahorkai

Returning at the end of his life to his provincial Hungarian hometown, Baron Bela Wenckheim, leaving his many casino debts behind, longs to be reunited with his high-school sweetheart, which sets in motion a chain of events that changes the town and its inhabitants forever.

Translated from Hungarian by Ottilie Mulzet.

Whereabouts
by Jhumpa Lahiri

An English translation of a first Italian-language novel by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Lowland follows the routines of a misfit city dweller who experiences a year of remarkable transformation in the aftermath of a parent’s death.

Translated from Italian by Jhumpa Lahiri

Central Park
by Guillaume Musso

"Alice, a fierce and respected Parisian cop, wakes up on a Central Park bench with no memory of the night before, handcuffed to a complete stranger--a musician named Gabriel. Disoriented, dazed, and with someone else's blood on her shirt, Alice works furiously to reconnect the dots.

Translated from French by Sam Taylor

An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed
by Helene Tursten

Six interlocking stories describe a series of unfortunate incidents in the life of 88-year-old Maud, shedding light on the present day when detectives show up after the disturbing discovery of a dead body in her apartment.

Translated from Swedish by Marlaine Delargy

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