Great interview! Tabitha's newsletter was one of the first bookish newsletters I subscribed to. I enjoyed learning more about her life outside of her newsletter. I assume I have probably read a book in translation before, but I have never set out to read books in translation; maybe I should. Thanks for this interview Betsy.
How long have you got? Here’s two series and three others I love and re-read regularly: All 10 Beck Swedish crime procedurals still going strong after 50 years, written by the late Maj Sjowall and late Per Wahloo. Now rivalled in my mind by Italy’s Inspector Montalbano series by Andrea Camilleri (Best TV crime series ever, which my wife Susan and I regularly retreat to). Then there is ‘Death and the Penguin’ by Russian Andrey Kurkov. Then, then there is France’s Antoine Laurain and two books I have just re-read, ‘The President’s Hat’ and ‘The Red Notebook’. I only speak English, so I really appreciate a translation so good that I enjoy the novel. I just don’t have the skills to be a nit-picker. Regards Robert Howard. P.S. I have excluded English speaking countries.
What a great project! I like that it shows the variety of genres around the world, too. Great read.
I loved the movie too, and Tabitha's project - wow!
Great interview! Tabitha's newsletter was one of the first bookish newsletters I subscribed to. I enjoyed learning more about her life outside of her newsletter. I assume I have probably read a book in translation before, but I have never set out to read books in translation; maybe I should. Thanks for this interview Betsy.
How long have you got? Here’s two series and three others I love and re-read regularly: All 10 Beck Swedish crime procedurals still going strong after 50 years, written by the late Maj Sjowall and late Per Wahloo. Now rivalled in my mind by Italy’s Inspector Montalbano series by Andrea Camilleri (Best TV crime series ever, which my wife Susan and I regularly retreat to). Then there is ‘Death and the Penguin’ by Russian Andrey Kurkov. Then, then there is France’s Antoine Laurain and two books I have just re-read, ‘The President’s Hat’ and ‘The Red Notebook’. I only speak English, so I really appreciate a translation so good that I enjoy the novel. I just don’t have the skills to be a nit-picker. Regards Robert Howard. P.S. I have excluded English speaking countries.