It’s Women in Translation month! Hurrah! Not enough women are getting their work translated into English, so this month bloggers are highlighting some of the wonderful works of foreign literature by women that have made it to our library shelves. Here is a description of “I’ll Be Right There that I stole from Amazon: When Yoon receives a distressing phone call from her ex-boyfriend after eight years of separation, memories of a tumultuous youth begin to resurface, forcing her to re-live the most intense period of her life. With profound intellectual and emotional insight, she revisits the death of her…
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Bibliobio is hosting a Women in Translation Month right now, to call attention to the gender disparity in books translated into English, and to celebrate the works of female international authors whose books are being translated into English. It’s a wonderful initiative, even if you are like me and you have a hard time with books in translation, and you should definitely check out the hashtags for the month (#WITMonth or #WomeninTranslation) to see what folks are reading! I have struggled long and hard to write a post about the first book I read for Women in Translation Month, and…
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