Translated
Here are some suggestions for your Summer Book Bingo NW 2023 category: Translated. Annotations from NoveList, unless otherwise attributed.
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The Apprentice Tourist
From the Portuguese. This is the first English translation of the queer mulatto Brazilian modernist's humorous account of a three-month voyage to the Amazon. (Publisher)
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Phalaina
From the French. At once beautiful and sinister, Brière-Haquet's speculative historical novel combines Darwinist philosophy with the labyrinthine narrative of a hunted child in Victorian-era London. (Publishers Weekly)
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The Discovery of Pasta
From the Italian. In this hugely charming and entertaining chronicle of everyone's favorite dish, acclaimed Italian food writer and historian Luca Cesari draws on literature, history, and many classic recipes in order to enlighten pasta lovers everywhere, both the gourmet and the gluten free. (Publisher)
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Queenie
From the French. Artist Colomba and documentary filmmaker Lévy team up for a rollicking retelling of the incredible life of Stephanie St. Clair, a Depression-era Harlem racketeer who outmaneuvered such mobsters as Dutch Schultz and Lucky Luciano while frustrating the police at every turn. (Publishers Weekly)
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The Phantom Scientist
From the French. Elegant combination of mystery and math in a graphic novel form.
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Assassin of Reality
From the Russian, by Ukrainian author team. This widely awaited second volume of a planned fantasy trilogy follows their popular "Vita Nostra".
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Battle Songs
From the Croatian. Originally published in Croatia in 2019, a year after the author's death, the five linked stories center on single mother Tea Radan and her daughter, Sara, who leave a crumbling Yugoslavia in the early 1990s for Toronto. (Publishers Weekly)
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The Darkness Manifesto
From the Swedish. "In the tradition of Why We Sleep and The Sixth Extinction, an urgent and insightful look at the hidden impact of light pollution, and a passionate appeal to cherish natural darkness for the sake of the environment, our own wellbeing, and all life on earth. How much light is too much light?" (Publisher)
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Portrait of An Unknown Lady
From the Spanish. An art critic and auction house employee takes on the role of art world detective, adopting her own methods of deception and manipulation as she searches for a master forger in the Buenos Aires art world who has achieved legendary status.
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Bauhaus
From the Italian. The Bauhaus and its members radically impacted modernism and changed the way we live with design to this day. The school itself gives narrative voice to this history in a the form of this graphic novel.
Format: Graphic Novel
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