One of my favorite books I read this year is Johanna Lykke Holm’s gently fantastic fable STREGA. The English translation by Saskia Vogel is a lyrical, entrancing masterpiece that completely swept me away. I reviewed it/unapologetically gushed about it for the Minneapolis Star Tribune. #bookreview #TranslatedBooks #Books

https://www.startribune.com/review-strega-by-johanne-lykke-holm-translated-from-the-swedish-by-saskia-vogel/600234406/

A Meal in Winter by Hubert Mingarelli (trans. Sam Taylor) is a kick in the gut. Three German soldiers explore the limits of their consciences while hunting for Jews in the Polish countryside. Highly recommended. #novella #TranslatedBooks #FrenchLiterature

Just finished reading: Grey Bees by Andrey Kurkov, translated by Boris Dralyuk. #NameTheTranslator

A war novel with a protagonist who would rather be in a cozy kind of narrative. With bees. I was concerned how this would work, and a big part of the plot is the protag's learning experience, which is usually a turnoff for me - but then it all clicked together.

Hoping to post more about it later (G-d willing)

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