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OK, so many of you liked this we're going to do a HUGE thread of great works in translation from small presses. Some new, some older, some coming out later in the fall. Gird your TBR piles. Here we go... https://twitter.com/PorterSqBooks/status/1292177026452000768
1st, one of Josh's favorite books, Translation as Transhumance by Mirielle Gansel from @FeministPress https://www.portersquarebooks.com/book/9781558614444
5, maybe 6, PSB libromancers (and counting!) loved Where the Wild Ladies Are by Aoko Matsuda from @softskull Coming out in October! https://www.portersquarebooks.com/book/9781593766900
Story of My Teeth by absolute treasure Valeria Luiselli from @Coffee_House_ (Lost Children Archive is wonderful too! Just not from a small press) https://www.portersquarebooks.com/book/9781566894098
Breaking in to say that translators are absolute treasures as well. Maybe the hardest job in the world of books. Rushing to fit this thread into other tasks/chores so I'm not tagging them in, but, please, take a moment & thank translators.
The Other Name by Jon Fosse from @transitbks https://www.portersquarebooks.com/book/9781945492402 (What if you were your own doppleganger? What if are ONLY dopplegangers?)
Another preorder! Exposition by Nathalie Leger from @DorothyProject What is the difference btw yourself & your image? What if you're the one who built that image? https://www.portersquarebooks.com/book/9781948980036 Out in September!
Who wants to get really freakin weird?! Oraefi: The Wasteland by Ofeigur Sigurdsson from @DeepVellum https://www.portersquarebooks.com/book/9781941920671
This one went right to the top of Josh's TBR when the galley came in. Grieving: Dispatches from a Wounded Country by Cristina Rivera Garza from @FeministPress https://www.portersquarebooks.com/book/9781936932931
Luisa: Now and Then by Carole Maurel from Life Drawn https://www.portersquarebooks.com/book/9781594656439
My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness by Nagata Kabi https://www.portersquarebooks.com/book/9781626926035
The Wonderful Fluffy Little Squish by Beatrice Alemagna from @EnchantedLion https://www.portersquarebooks.com/book/9781592701803
Another one for the kiddos from @EnchantedLion Chirri & Chirra https://www.portersquarebooks.com/book/9781592703029
Former staff pick (& recommended twice for this thread!) Parade by Hiromi Kawakami from @softskull https://www.portersquarebooks.com/book/9781593765804
Breaking in again to say, looking at what we've tweeted & what's coming we're a little thin on some languages like Arabic, Mandarin/Cantonese, African languages, South Asian languages, so please, jump in with your own recs!
This Woman's Work by Julie Delporte from @DandQ https://www.portersquarebooks.com/book/9781770463455
Another one of Josh's all time favorites Signs Preceding the End of the World by Yuri Herrera from @andothertweets https://www.portersquarebooks.com/book/9781908276421
The Dreamed Part by Rodrigo Fresan from @open_letter (I assume some of you are still looking to get freakin' weird.) https://www.portersquarebooks.com/book/9781948830058
Another forthcoming title near the top of Josh's TBR. Harmada by Joao Gilberto Noll from @TwoLinesPress https://www.portersquarebooks.com/book/9781949641059
You there! Do you like quiet, sad, narrative microcosms of the impossibilities of being human? I knew it! Love by Hanne Orstavik from @archipelagobks https://www.portersquarebooks.com/book/9780914671947
Deeply unsettling but in less obvious ways That Time of Year by Marie NDiaye from @TwoLinesPress is great for fans of David Lynch and (trust me) My Sister, The Serial Killer https://www.portersquarebooks.com/book/9781931883917
Red, Yellow, Green by Alejandro Saravia from our friends to the north @biblioasis https://www.portersquarebooks.com/book/9781771961417
And while we're talking about @biblioasis we'd like to second the recommendation in the original thread for The Unseen by Roy Jacobsen https://www.portersquarebooks.com/book/9781771963190
Well, we can't very well do a massive translated books thread without a massive Russian novel, right? Life & Fate by Vasily Grossman from @nyrbclassics https://www.portersquarebooks.com/book/9781590172018
Recently Galley Auntied Blood Sisters by Kim Yideum from @DeepVellum https://www.portersquarebooks.com/book/9781941920770
Breasts & Eggs by Mieko Kawakami (who keeps showing up in this) from @EuropaEditions https://www.portersquarebooks.com/book/9781609455873
Multiple staff pick Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata from @groveatlantic https://www.portersquarebooks.com/book/9780802129628
Strange Weather in Tokyo by Hiromi Kawakami from @CounterpointLLC https://www.portersquarebooks.com/book/9781640090163
The Hole by Jose Revueltas is a 4 hour experience. 1 hour to read it & 3 hours to stare at a wall while your recover. From @NewDirections https://www.portersquarebooks.com/book/9780811227780
The Polyglot Lovers by Lina Wolff from @andothertweets is an exquisite act of literary revenge. It's angry, but the right kind of angry if you know what I mean https://www.portersquarebooks.com/book/9781911508441
If I said "Yoss writes sci fi as if he were Studs Terkel," would that make any sense to you? Well, here's his space noir Red Dust from @RestlessBooks https://www.portersquarebooks.com/book/9781632062468
Fair warning Die, My Love by Ariana Harwicz from @CharcoPress will mess you up. Probably why it was one of Josh's favorites from last year. https://www.portersquarebooks.com/book/9781999722784
Recently(...I think...Time, right?) featured in our Shelf Stable newsletter Ornamental by Juan Cardenas from @Coffee_House_ https://www.portersquarebooks.com/book/9781566895804
Finally, for now, another Galley Auntie special the brilliant & kaleidoscopic Tentacle by Rita Indiana from @andothertweets https://www.portersquarebooks.com/book/9781911508342
