Category Archives: World Literature

**Books translated from the original language to English**

Affections: A Novel – Rodrigo Hasbún , Translated from the Spanish by Sophie Hughes

Posted on October 20, 2017 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) Affections is an intriguing work of historical fiction based on true events following the once- close Ertl family. Hans, the patriarch, was a Nazi propaganda cinematographer, and the family fled Munich and arrived in La Paz, … Continue reading →

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A Short Border Handbook: A Journey Through the Immigrant’s Labyrinth – Gazmend Kapllani (Author), Anne-Marie Stanton-Ife (Translator)

Posted on October 3, 2017 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung)   “…I may have arrived without an invitation but I work just like the rest of you do, I pay the same taxes as the rest of you do, and most importantly my boss, or rather, … Continue reading →

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Fall – Candice Fox

Posted on September 23, 2017 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “How to explain it all to him, a normal human man, someone with all his faculties, with a soul. How to explain that at the core of her being Eden killed people the way she breathed, … Continue reading →

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Red-handed in Romanée-Conti – Jean-Pierre Alaux , Noël Balen (Translated from the French by Sally Pane)

Posted on September 11, 2017 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “Benjamin knew that sometimes people were like wine. If they sat and breathed for a while, their full complexity could be revealed, even more so in the right environment and with the right people.” Benjamin Cooker, … Continue reading →

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Late Fame (NYRB Classics) – Arthur Schnitzler (Author), Alexander Starritt (Translator)

Posted on September 3, 2017 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung)   “Around him was an atmosphere of hope, youth, self-confidence, and he breathed it in deeply. …some of the words they were using began to sound familiar to him…words he had thought of from time to … Continue reading →

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The Hideout – Egon Hostovsky (Translated from the Czech by Fern Long)

Posted on July 28, 2017 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung)   “I keep having the feeling that a good half of the human race got drunk in a kind of gigantic space where the air is all breathed out. The born fighters and brawlers started to … Continue reading →

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The End – Fernanda Torres (Translated from the Portuguese by Alison Entrekin)

Posted on July 22, 2017 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “There’s something a bit queer in every male friendship. Fucking the same women is a roundabout way of fucking each other. And in the same physical space, it’s a fine line. But there’s no way—not joking, … Continue reading →

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The Tower of the Antilles – Achy Obejas

Posted on July 18, 2017 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “We explained that where we come from the greatest achievement is to leave.” And leaving Cuba means reinventing oneself in a new country. The Tower of the Antilles is one of ten short stories centering on … Continue reading →

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Autopsy of a Father- Pascale Kramer (translated from the French by Robert Bononno)

Posted on July 11, 2017 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “A kind of bottomless fear wrapped her in herself, and she wished she had never set foot in her father’s world again.” Ania and her son Théo came by train to her childhood home of Les … Continue reading →

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Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows – Balli Kaur Jaswal

Posted on June 16, 2017 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Ishita RC) Everyone sees Nikki as the wayward daughter without any responsibility, but the truth is far from it. With visions of emancipating the women of the Sikh community she left behind as a self-important teenager, Nikki is … Continue reading →

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