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‘The Innocent’ by Saneatsu Musanokōji (Review)
I mentioned a while back how a reread of Anri Yasuda’s excellent Beauty Matters, a work on literature and aesthetics in early nineteenth-century Japan, inspired me to acquire a book from each of the...
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‘Dark Back of Time’ by Javier Marías (Review)
Around a month ago, during one of my occasional stays in the big, bad city, I took a trip to The Paperback Bookshop and ended up leaving with a couple of books, both by the late Spanish writer Javier...
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The Tale of Genji: 31 – Makibashira (ii)
My last post on The Tale of Genji looked at the fate of poor Tamakazura, and how Higekuro’s bold/atrocious advances finally sealed her fate, but as I alluded to at the end of the post, there are far...
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‘No One Talks About the War’ by Nina Kossman (Review)
Back in April, I covered an interesting book of poetry, Other Shepherds, in which Nina Kossman translated, and replied to, some of the work of famous Russian poet Marina Tsvetaeva. It’s a lovely book,...
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The Tale of Genji: 31 – Makibashira (i)
After a spell away from Rokujō for Women in Translation Month, we’re picking up our chapter-by-chapter journey through The Tale of Genji today with the last instalment of the Tamakazura sequence....
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‘God Has No Grandchildren’ by Kim Kyung-uk (Review)
After my August series of Women in Translation Month posts, September sees me kicking off the month with a return to another of my literary projects, one in which I’m rapidly approaching the finishing...
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August 2026 Wrap-Up – Women in Translation Month
August saw me embarking on the traditional Women in Translation Month reading, and an enjoyable month it was, too. I travelled far and wide thanks to all the various writers and translators, and in...
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‘Nouvelles orientales’ (‘Oriental Tales’) by Marguerite Yourcenar (Review)
Well, August is coming to an end, and Women in Translation Month is almost over, but before I bring the curtain down on another enjoyable month of #WIT reading and posting, there’s just time for one...
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‘Eye of the Monkey’ by Krisztina Tóth (Review)
Earlier this week, I looked at a review copy sent my way by Seven Stories Press, a novel in which an Argentinian man had a rather unusual experience in Berlin, and today’s Women in Translation Month...
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‘The Eighth Wonder’ by Vlady Kociancich (Review)
While most of my Women in Translation Month picks this year have been books found on my shelves at home, this week will be a little different as I’m taking a look at a couple of review copies. I was...
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‘What You are Looking for is in the Library’ by Michiko Aoyama (Review)
After enjoying a trip around Japan in the company of a thirteenth-century woman, today’s Women in Translation Month choice has us returning to the present day, for a slightly more sedate journey....
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‘A Tale Unasked’ by Lady Nijō (Review)
After visits to (West) Germany and Russia, it’s time for our Women in Translation Month travels to take us back to Japan, and today’s choice is a book that sees us heading a fair way back in time, too....
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‘The Voice Over’ by Maria Stepanova (Review)
Whenever I start thinking about Women in Translation Month, I take myself off to the study and rummage through my shelves to see what’s lurking at the back, forgotten and waiting to be rediscovered (it...
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‘Ich freue mich, dass ich geboren bin’ (‘You Would Have Missed Me’) by Birgit...
After a week in Japan, with stories new and old, it’s time for a change of destination in our Women in Translation Month travels as we head off to Germany. It’s the 1960s, and the economy is booming,...
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‘The Story of a Single Woman’ by Chiyo Uno (Review)
After starting this year’s Women in Translation Month journey in a near-future Japan, today sees us staying in that country, but taking a leap into the past. We’re heading back a hundred years or so...
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‘Sympathy Tower Tokyo’ by Rie Qudan (Review)
August has rolled around once more, which means it’s time for one of my favourite events of the blogging year, Women in Translation Month! Founded by Meytal Radzinski back in 2014, it offers readers...
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July 2026 Wrap-Up
July saw the FIFA World Cup finally draw to a close, and as the games dried up, more time became available for reading, which is always good. The weather has also taken a turn for the colder down in...
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‘Une journée de début d’automne’ (‘A Day at the Start of Autumn’) by Natusme...
Early last week, I looked at Ryūnosuke Akutagawa’s Hell of Solitude, the first of a number of acquisitions inspired by a reread of Anri Yasuda’s excellent work, Beauty Matters, and I’m back today to...
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‘The Mabinogion’, translated by Sioned Davies (Review)
While I’ve been getting back to my Welsh roots (a grandparent on each side) over the past few years, completing the Duolingo course and regularly watching shows on the Welsh-language channel S4C,...
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The Tale of Genji: 30 – Fujibakama
Today’s episode of our chapter-by-chapter meander through The Tale of Genji brings us closer to the end of Tamakazura’s story, with the young woman’s fate ever nearer to being settled. However, the...
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