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Best World Literature 2019 [in Library Journal]

02 Dec, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, African, Chinese, European, Fiction, French, Japanese, Korean, Lists, Repost, South American, Syrian, Translation

For the second year, I got to read along with two fabulously erudite co-horts – my Library Journal editor Barbara Hoffert and fellow LJ reviewer Lawrence Olszewski – to compile this 10-title list of remarkable, unforgettable, best-of translated world literature. We all read voraciously throughout the year,...

In Celebration of Women in Translation Month: Asian Women Authors — Part II [in The Booklist Reader]

30 Aug, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Arab, Fiction, Japanese, Korean, Lists, Repost, Short Stories, Thai, Translation

This is the second of a two-part series. Click here for Part I. Last week, we shared a baker’s dozen of titles by Asian women writers, made accessible by dedicated, invaluable translators who continuously, miraculously enable anglophone readers in discovering, enjoying, and sharing books from around...

Five More to Go: Yoko Ogawa’s The Memory Police [in The Booklist Reader]

13 Aug, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Chinese American, Fiction, Japanese, Korean, Korean American, Lists, Repost, Translation

The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa and translated by Stephen Snyder Without names, these people, this island, could be anyone, anywhere. As fantastical as the premise of her latest anglophoned novel seems, Yoko Ogawa (The Housekeeper and the Professor, 2009) intends exactly that universality. Initially, small things disappeared...

The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa, translated by Stephen Snyder [in Booklist]

12 Jun, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Fiction, Japanese, Repost, Translation

*STARRED REVIEW Without names, these people, this island, could be anyone, anywhere. As fantastical as the premise of her latest Anglophoned novel seems, Yoko Ogawa (The Housekeeper and the Professor, 2009) intends exactly that universality. Initially, small things disappeared – “Ribbon, bell, emerald, stamp.” What didn’t just...

13 Terrifying Tales of Diverse Hauntings [in The Booklist Reader]

25 Oct, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, African, Black/African American, British, Chinese, Chinese American, Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Indian, Indian American, Japanese, Japanese American, Lists, Malaysian, Repost, Short Stories, Singaporean, Southeast Asian, Southeast Asian American, Translation, Vietnamese, Vietnamese American, Young Adult Readers

It’s the time of the year to be scared witless – and by choice, egads! Gluttons for fear, unite. And brace yourselves for the following 13 diverse hauntings. The Black Isle by Sandi Tan The protagonist begins her life as Ling, the first-born twin in a well-to-do Shanghai clan. Half...

14 Japanese Thrillers in Translation [in The Booklist Reader]

31 May, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Japanese, Lists, Repost, Translation

Mysteries and thrillers make up a sizable portion of the Japanese literary market. Thanks to the international success of Keigo Higashino, Natsuo Kirino, and Miyuki Miyabe – and, just as importantly, their translators – contemporary Japanese crime fiction proliferates on Western shelves. Below is a list...

Confessions by Kanae Minato, translated by Stephen Snyder

13 Jul, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Audio, Fiction, Japanese, Translation

OH. MY. MY. MY. Dare I say ...

Revenge: Eleven Dark Tales by Yoko Ogawa, translated by Stephen Snyder

13 Feb, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Fiction, Japanese, Short Stories, Translation

What are the chances ...

The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa, translated by Stephen Snyder

13 Jun, by SIBookDragon in Absolute Favorites, Adult Readers, Fiction, Japanese, Translation, Young Adult Readers

The eponymous Housekeeper's birthdate is February 20, or written out, 220. The said Professor wears a prize watch inscribed with "President's Prize No. 284." Together, 220 and 284 are amicable numbers. And with that coincidence, the Housekeeper and the Professor begin their amicable relationship ...

Out by Natsuo Kirino, translated by Stephen Snyder [in AsianWeek]

29 Aug, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Fiction, Japanese, Repost, Translation

Out Forget your stereotypical visions of the meek and timid Japanese housewife who waits for her salaryman husband with slippers in hand and dinner on the table. Meet Masako and her fellow night-shift food processing plant co-workers...

On Parole by Akira Yoshimura, translated by Stephen Snyder [in aMagazine: Inside Asian America]

01 Oct, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Fiction, Japanese, Repost, Translation

A master of disturbing, psychologically complex stories, Yoshimura's On Parole chronicles the release of a man from a life sentence for having murdered his wife, wounding her lover, and inadvertently killing the lover’s mother. Also...

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Best World Literature 2019 [in Library Journal]

In Celebration of Women in Translation Month: Asian Women Authors — Part II [in The Booklist Reader]

Five More to Go: Yoko Ogawa’s The Memory Police [in The Booklist Reader]

The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa, translated by Stephen Snyder [in Booklist]

13 Terrifying Tales of Diverse Hauntings [in The Booklist Reader]

14 Japanese Thrillers in Translation [in The Booklist Reader]

Confessions by Kanae Minato, translated by Stephen Snyder

Revenge: Eleven Dark Tales by Yoko Ogawa, translated by Stephen Snyder

The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa, translated by Stephen Snyder

Out by Natsuo Kirino, translated by Stephen Snyder [in AsianWeek]

On Parole by Akira Yoshimura, translated by Stephen Snyder [in aMagazine: Inside Asian America]

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