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The 100 Best Novels in Translation - Page 3

This list is drawn from "The 100 Best Novels in Translation" (Boyd Tonkin, 2018). According to Ian McEwan: "This is a brilliant and extremely useful guide, approachable on every level. Boyd Tonkin opens up infinite worlds of the imagination." Tonkin gives his preferred English translation for each title which should assist in finding an enjoyable version.
To make this list a more useful resource, I created the entire set of 101 icons from scratch, in order to include the preferred translator(s), so please try this challenge. CHECK an item if you have read ANY translation. The list is sorted alphabetically by title.
Note: The icons show a version of the work which uses the suggested translation. There are 101 items because the preferred translation of "Solaris" by Bill Johnston may prove elusive, whereas Kilmartin-Cox remains easy to find. Tonkin is a British literary critic, specialising in translated fiction, and an adviser to the International Booker Prize.
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Reeds in the Wind (Grazia Deledda, Trans. Martha King)
Reeds in the Wind (Grazia Deledda, Trans. Martha King)
82
Season of Migration to the North (Tayeb Salih, Trans. Denys Johnson-Davies)
Season of Migration to the North (Tayeb Salih, Trans. Denys Johnson-Davies)
83
See Under: Love (David Grossman, Trans. Betsy Rosenberg)
See Under: Love (David Grossman, Trans. Betsy Rosenberg)
84
The Seven Madmen (Roberto Arlt, Trans. Nick Caistor)
The Seven Madmen (Roberto Arlt, Trans. Nick Caistor)
85
The Slave (Isaac Bashevis Singer, Tr. Singer & Cecil Hemley)
The Slave (Isaac Bashevis Singer, Tr. Singer & Cecil Hemley)
86
So Long a Letter (Mariama Bâ, Trans. Modupé Bodé-Thomas)
So Long a Letter (Mariama Bâ, Trans. Modupé Bodé-Thomas)
87
Solaris (Stanisław Lem, Tr. Joanna Kilmartin & Steve Cox)
Solaris (Stanisław Lem, Tr. Joanna Kilmartin & Steve Cox)
88
Solaris (Stanisław Lem, Trans. Bill Johnston)
Solaris (Stanisław Lem, Trans. Bill Johnston)
89
The Sorrows of Young Werther (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Tr. David Constantine)
The Sorrows of Young Werther (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Tr. David Constantine)
90
The Story of the Stone (Cao Xueqin, Trans. David Hawkes, John Minford)
The Story of the Stone (Cao Xueqin, Trans. David Hawkes, John Minford)
91
Suite Française (Irène Némirovsky, Trans. Sandra Smith)
Suite Française (Irène Némirovsky, Trans. Sandra Smith)
92
The Tartar Steppe (Dino Buzzati, Trans. Stuart Hood)
The Tartar Steppe (Dino Buzzati, Trans. Stuart Hood)
93
That Awful Mess on the via Merulana (Carlo Emilio Gadda, Tr. William Weaver)
That Awful Mess on the via Merulana (Carlo Emilio Gadda, Tr. William Weaver)
94
Three Trapped Tigers (Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Trans. Suzanne Levine)
Three Trapped Tigers (Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Trans. Suzanne Levine)
95
The Time Regulation Institute (Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar, Tr. Maureen Freely)
The Time Regulation Institute (Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar, Tr. Maureen Freely)
96
The Tin Drum (Günter Grass, Trans. Breon Mitchell)
The Tin Drum (Günter Grass, Trans. Breon Mitchell)
97
The Trial (Franz Kafka, Trans. Mike Mitchell)
The Trial (Franz Kafka, Trans. Mike Mitchell)
98
The True Deceiver (Tove Jansson, Trans. Thomas Teal)
The True Deceiver (Tove Jansson, Trans. Thomas Teal)
99
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy, Trans. Anthony Briggs)
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy, Trans. Anthony Briggs)
100
The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis (José Saramago, Trans. Giovanni Pontiero)
The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis (José Saramago, Trans. Giovanni Pontiero)
101
Zeno's Conscience (Italo Svevo, Trans. William Weaver)
Zeno's Conscience (Italo Svevo, Trans. William Weaver)
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