Women in Translation
August is Women in Translation Month, which aims to bring awareness to the lack of women writers whose works are translated as well as celebrate the works of individual women authors. Learn more at www.womenintranslation.org. Annotations from NoveList, unless otherwise attributed. Created July 2025.
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The Accidentals
(Spanish, Mexico) In this electrifying collection, Mexican writer Nettel stages sliding door moments for her characters and explores their life-altering consequences. (Publishers Weekly)
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Stay With Me
(Norwegian, Norway) Ørstavik unspools a fascinating metafictional story of fear, love, and the desire to make art from life. (Publishers Weekly)
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Journey to the Edge of Life
(Turkish, Turkey) A woman on a journey through Europe is drawn to the grave sites of her literary idols. As she moves from city to city and lover to lover, she is drawn to the site of Cesare Pavese's suicide, and her journey transmutes passion for literature into a desire for meaning.
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Empty Cages
(Arabic, Egypt) The discovery of an old tin of chocolates, its contents long ago devoured, marks the entry into this intimate story that reaches back through a lifetime of memories in search of self and home.
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Death Takes Me
(Spanish, Mexico) A poetry-obsessed serial killer mutilates men in this unforgettable literary puzzle from Rivera Garza. (Publishers Weekly)
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I Gave You Eyes and You Looked Toward Darkness
(Catalan, Catalonia) Over the course of generations, a house in the mountains of Catalonia bears witness to wolves, the ravages of several wars, witches, bandits, and the devil in various guises. (Kirkus)
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Make Me Famous
(French, Spain) In the smashing sophomore novel from Ventura (My Husband), an amoral singer reflects on her tortured past and trouble with stardom. (Publishers Weekly)
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