Tag Archives: World War II

February Reads

Posted on March 6, 2019 by forwardtranslations

So I didn’t read as much as I’d have liked in February, but there were some exciting things all the same. I got to read Simone Buchholz’s Mexikoring, on which more later… Watch this space! Likewise, Zugmaus by Uwe Timm, illustrated by … Continue reading →

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Trieste by Daša Drndić, tr. Ellen Elias-Bursać

Posted on October 10, 2013 by forwardtranslations

Trieste by Daša Drndić was first published in Croatian in 2007 and the English translation by Ellen Elias-Bursać was published by MacLehose Press in 2012. It was shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize and won the Independent Foreign Fiction … Continue reading →

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Journey into the Past – Stefan Zweig

Posted on August 22, 2013 by forwardtranslations

I took a mountain of books on holiday with me and came back with two I really wanted to write about. Then life got in the way for a bit. Now I need to get on with it before I … Continue reading →

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Life After Life by Kate Atkinson

Posted on June 15, 2013 by forwardtranslations

I had to join a very long waiting list to get this book from the library, having been awaiting it with feverish anticipation even before it came out, so I was thrilled to finally pick up a copy last week. … Continue reading →

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