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August! It is that time of the year to celebrate ‘Women Writers in Translation’. This tag which has now become a movement in itself is created by Meytal Radzinski<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

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You can follow the updates from readers all around the world using the hashtags #WITMonth and #womenintranslation on Twitter and other social media. Here are a few releases of 2017 to add to your reading list.<\/p>\n

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1. Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin<\/h2>\n

Translated from the Spanish by Megan McDowell
\nRiverhead Books (January, 2017)
\n– A woman on her death bed tells her story.
\n– Shortlisted for Man Booker International prize 2017<\/p>\n

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\"Women<\/p>\n

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2. Record of a Night Too Brief by Hiromi Kawakami<\/h2>\n

Translated from the Japanese by Lucy North
\nPushkin Press; January, 2017 (first published in 1996)
\n– Three stories, surreal in nature, about love, longing and disappearance.
\n– Won the Akutagawa Prize in 1996.<\/p>\n

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\"Women<\/p>\n

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3. Swallowing Mercury by Wioletta Greg<\/h2>\n

Translated from the Polish by Eliza Marciniak
\nPortobello Books; Januray, 2017 (first published in 2014)
\n– Coming of age story set  in rural Poland, with a tone of nostalgia sprinkled with gritty passages (Check review<\/a><\/span>)
\n– Longlisted for Man Booker International Prize, 2017<\/p>\n

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\"Women<\/p>\n

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4. The Gringo Champion by Aura Xilonen<\/h2>\n

Translated from the Spanish by Andrea Rosenberg
\nEuropa editions; January, 2017
\n-Story of migration from Mexico to the United States
\n\"Women<\/p>\n

5. Things we lost in the fire by Mariana Enr\u00edquez<\/h2>\n

Translated from the Spanish by Megan McDowell
\nHogarth press; February, 2017 (first published in 2014)<\/p>\n

-Stories of violence and macabre set in contemporary Argentina
\n\"Women<\/p>\n

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6. The Poison of Love by K. R. Meera<\/h2>\n

Translated from the Malayalam by Ministhy. S.
\nPenguin India; February, 2017<\/p>\n

– The story of Tulsi who elopes with a womanizer and later finds her comfort in a spiritual life (Check review<\/a><\/span>)
\n-K. R. Meera is also included in my list of Contemporary Indian Women Writers who should be on your Reading List<\/a><\/span>.
\n\"Women<\/p>\n

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7. Mirror, Shoulder Signal by Dorthe Nors<\/h2>\n

Translated from the Danish by Misha Hoekstra
\nPushkin press; February, 2017 (first published in 2016)
\n– One woman’s journey in search of herself.<\/p>\n

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\"Women<\/p>\n

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8. The Impossible Fairytale by Han Yujoo<\/h2>\n

Translated by Janet Hong
\nGraywolf Press, March 2017
\n-Story of two girls with recurring themes of violence and death<\/p>\n

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\"The<\/p>\n

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9. Eve out of her ruins by Ananda Devi<\/h2>\n

Translated from the French by Jeffrey Zuckerman
\nSpeaking Tiger; April, 2017
\n-Awarded the Prix des cinq continents de la Francophonie as the best book written in French outside of France.
\n-Shortlisted for the Best Translated Book Award 2017
\n\"Women<\/p>\n

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10. Notes of a Crocodile by Qiu Miaojin<\/h2>\n

Translated by Bonnie Huie
\nNYRB; May, 2017 (first published in 1994)
\nSet in 1990s in Taiwan, this is the coming-of-age of a group of queer friends.
\n\"Women<\/p>\n

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11. The Nakano Thrift shop by Hiromi Kawakami<\/h2>\n

Translated from the Japanese by Allison Markin Powell
\nEuropa editions; June, 2017 (first published in 2005)
\n– The four people associated with a quaint second hand store get close to each other in a matter of days. (Check review<\/a><\/span>)
\n\"The<\/p>\n

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12. A Night with a Black Spider: Stories by Ambai<\/h2>\n

Translated from the Tamil by Aniruddhan Vasudevan
\nSpeaking Tiger books: June, 2017
\n-Stories that combine myth and tradition into real life.
\n\"Women<\/p>\n

13. The Girl who is getting Married by Aoko Matsuda<\/h2>\n

Translated from the Japanese by Angus Turvill
\nStrangers Press, 2017<\/p>\n

-The narrator recalls her memories as she climbs each set of stairs to the apartment of her friend who is getting married.
\n\"Women
\nBooks released in 2017 by Women in Translation #WITMonth <\/a><\/span>Click To Tweet<\/a><\/span>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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