This challenge was hosted by Caribousmom.
The goal was to choose at least 4 book with a common theme; mine was to read at least six different languages in translation.
I completed this by reading books originally published in German, Icelandic, Japanese, Hungarian, French, and Italian. I had three books each originally in Hungarian and Japanese, and two originally in French.
My favorites were Silence, The Road Past Altamont, and Strangers.
Thanks, Wendy, for a great challenge!
The books I read:
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (Russian)
The Castle by Franz Kafka (German) review to come- Independent People by Laxness (Icelandic)
- Silence by Shusaku Endo (Japanese)
- Embers by Sandor Marai (Hungarian)
- The Road Past Altamont by Gabrielle Roy (French) review to come
Sophie’s World by Jostein Gaarder (Norwegian)
Silk by Alessandro Baricco (Italian)
Bonus books:
- Strangers by Taichi Yamada (Japanese)
- After Dark by Haruki Murakami (Japanese)
- Kaddish for a Child not Born by Imre Kertesz (Hungarian)
- Detective Story by Imre Kertesz (Hungarian)
- Snow by Maxence Fermine (French)
