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Episode 57: Translations


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So many of the books we've read all our lives were written in another language and translated into English. Tana and I talk about some of the ones we've read recently that we've enjoyed.


Discussed:

Before the Coffee Gets Cold series, (Japanese) by Toshikazu Kagawuchi

Full Moon Coffee Shop series, (Japanese) by Mai Mochizuki

Olga, (German) by Bernhard Schlink

What You Are Looking For Is in the Library, (Japanese) by Michiko Aoyama

Decagon House Murders, (Japanese) by Yukito Ayatsuji

The Cat Who Saved Books, (Japanese) by Sōsuke Natsukawa

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, (German) by Patrick Süskind

Enigma of Room 622, (French) by Joël Dicker

The Door, (Hungarian) by Magda Szabó

Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules, (Swedish) by Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg

Travelling Cat Chronicles, (Japanese) by Hiro Arikawa

Old Woman with the Knife, (Korean) by Gu Byeong-mo

Elderly Lady is Up To No Good, (Swedish) by Helene Tursten

The Japanese Lover, (Spanish) by Isabel Allende

In the Midst of Winter, (Spanish) by Isabel Allende

Violeta, (Spanish) by Isabel Allende

Maya's Notebook, (Spanish) by Isabel Allende

Fresh Water for Flowers, (French) by Valérie Perrin

Forgotten on Sunday, (French) by Valérie Perrin

Books by Fredrik Backman (Swedish)

Books by Jo Nesbø (Swedish)

Books by Stieg Larsson (Swedish)

Kurt Wallander series, (Swedish) by Henning Mankell

We'll Prescribe You a Cat, (Japanese) by Syou Ishida



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