August is coming to a close, but there's still time to celebrate Women in Translation Month by reading a book written by a woman writing in a language other than English! Choose from the titles below; from this list of select 2024 titles; or strike out on your own.
Elevator in Saì Gòn by Thuận, translated by Nguyễn An Lý
A Vietnamese woman living in Paris learns that her mother has died in an unlikely accident, falling down an elevator shaft. Returning to Saigon for the funeral, the narrator digs into the circumstances of her mother's death and the mysteries of her mother's past.
All My Bicyles by Powerpaola, translated by Andrea Rosenberg
In this graphic format memoir, Colombian cartoonist Powerpaola traces her coming-of-age through the bicycles that she has had in her life.
Aftershock by Zhang Ling, translated by Shelly Bryant
In 1976 Tangshan, China, a devastating earthquake requires a mother to choose which of her seven-year-old twins she will save. Xiaodeng, daughter, is left behind, but survives. Thirty years later, a successful writer living in Canada, Xiaodeng decides to travel back to China and find her mother.
The Children of the Dead by Elfriede Jelinek, translated by Gitta Honegger
At the Alpenrose mountain resort, three ghosts walk the corridors, engaging with tourists. Even as they seek a return to life, victims of the Holocaust buried under the resort – now zombies – awaken and seek revenge.
Ædnan by Linnea Axelsson, translated by Saskia Vogel
This novel-in-verse is a multigenerational family saga of two indigenous Sámi families over a century as colonial borders shift, obstruct, and strive to eliminate their culture and nomadic movement.
~ posted by Andrea G.
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