{"id":11103,"date":"2013-11-13T20:54:20","date_gmt":"2013-11-14T01:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/?p=11103"},"modified":"2013-11-14T21:59:20","modified_gmt":"2013-11-15T02:59:20","slug":"reading-around-the-world-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/archives\/11103","title":{"rendered":"Reading Around the World: Part the Second"},"content":{"rendered":"

Part I<\/a><\/p>\n

So here are the books I’ve gathered. My initial criteria was that it was fiction and that it was written in another language and translated into English. I didn’t want to add books that have a non-<\/del>English language setting, because I wasn’t sure if they counted or not. (ie John Burdett lives in France and Bangkok, and writes about Bangkok, but is British. So does that count? I decided no. Same for Pearl Buck.) But I added a couple, because the authors are not British \/ North American.<\/p>\n

I also didn’t count any of Michael’s manga. Because it’s not my thing. <\/p>\n

If I own a book, but have not yet read it, I stuck it at the end and marked it\u00a0(NR). But I felt I should get partial points for possessing it.<\/p>\n

So here’s the list:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Isabel Allende<\/a><\/td>\nDaughter of Fortune<\/em><\/td>\nChilean<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Isabel Allende<\/td>\nKingdom of the Golden Dragon<\/em><\/td>\nChilean<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Isabel Allende<\/td>\nZorro<\/em><\/td>\nChilean<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Peter Hoeg<\/a><\/td>\nSmilla’s Sense of Snow<\/em><\/td>\nDanish<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Andrea Camilleri<\/a><\/td>\nThe Shape of Water<\/em><\/td>\nItalian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Andrea Camilleri<\/td>\nThe Terra Cotta Dog<\/em><\/td>\nItalian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Andrea Camilleri<\/td>\nThe Snack Thief<\/em><\/td>\nItalian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Andrea Camilleri<\/td>\nThe Voice of the Violin<\/em><\/td>\nItalian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Andrea Camilleri<\/td>\nExcursion to Tindari<\/em><\/td>\nItalian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Andrea Camilleri<\/td>\nThe Smell of the Night<\/em><\/td>\nItalian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Andrea Camilleri<\/td>\nRounding the Mark<\/em><\/td>\nItalian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Andrea Camilleri<\/td>\nThe Patience of the Spider<\/em><\/td>\nItalian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Andrea Camilleri<\/td>\nThe Paper Moon<\/em><\/td>\nItalian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Andrea Camilleri<\/td>\nAugust Heat<\/em><\/td>\nItalian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Andrea Camilleri<\/td>\nThe Wings of the Sphinx<\/em><\/td>\nItalian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Andrea Camilleri<\/td>\nThe Track of Sand<\/em><\/td>\nItalian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Andrea Camilleri<\/td>\nThe Potter’s Field<\/em><\/td>\nItalian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Andrea Camilleri<\/td>\nThe Age of Doubt<\/em><\/td>\nItalian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Andrea Camilleri<\/td>\nThe Dance of the Seagull<\/em><\/td>\nItalian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Andrea Camilleri<\/td>\nTreasure Hunt<\/em><\/td>\nItalian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stieg Larsson<\/a><\/td>\nThe Girl with the Dragon Tattoo<\/em><\/td>\nSwedish<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stieg Larsson<\/td>\nThe Girl Who Played with Fire<\/em><\/td>\nSwedish<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stieg Larsson<\/td>\nThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet\u2019s Nest<\/em><\/td>\nSwedish<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Guillermo Martinez<\/a><\/td>\nThe Oxford Murders<\/em><\/td>\nArgentine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Guillermo Martinez<\/td>\nThe Book of Murder<\/em><\/td>\nArgentine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Arturo Perez-Reverte<\/a><\/td>\nThe Fencing Master<\/em><\/td>\nSpanish<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Arturo Perez-Reverte<\/td>\nThe Flanders Panel<\/em><\/td>\nSpanish<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Arturo Perez-Reverte<\/td>\nThe Seville Communion<\/em><\/td>\nSpanish<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Arturo Perez-Reverte<\/td>\nCaptain Alatriste<\/em><\/td>\nSpanish<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Arturo Perez-Reverte<\/td>\nThe Nautical Chart<\/em><\/td>\nSpanish<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Arturo Perez-Reverte<\/td>\nThe Queen of the South<\/em><\/td>\nSpanish<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Arturo Perez-Reverte<\/td>\nThe Purity of the Blood<\/em><\/td>\nSpanish<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Arturo Perez-Reverte<\/td>\nThe Painter of Battles<\/em><\/td>\nSpanish<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sergei Lukyanenko<\/a><\/td>\nDay Watch<\/em><\/td>\nRussian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sergei Lukyanenko<\/td>\nNight Watch<\/em><\/td>\nRussian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sergei Lukyanenko<\/td>\nTwilight Watch<\/em><\/td>\nRussian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sergei Lukyanenko<\/td>\nLast Watch<\/em><\/td>\nRussian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Victor Pelevin<\/a><\/td>\nA Werewolf Problem in Central Russia<\/em><\/td>\nRussian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Joann Sfar<\/a><\/td>\nThe Rabbi’s Cat<\/em><\/td>\nFrench<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Giancarlo de Cataldo<\/a><\/td>\nCrimini: The Bitter Lemon Book of Italian Crime Fiction<\/em><\/td>\nItalian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gabriel Garcia Marquez\u00a0 (NR<\/strong>)<\/td>\nLove in the Time of Cholera<\/em><\/td>\nColombian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Arnaldur Indri\u00f0ason (NR<\/strong>)<\/td>\nJar City<\/em><\/td>\nIcelandic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Carlos Ruiz Zaf\u00f3n(NR<\/strong>)<\/td>\nThe Shadow of the Wind<\/em><\/td>\nSpanish<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Futaro Yamada\u00a0(NR<\/strong>)<\/td>\nThe Kouga Ninja Scrolls<\/em><\/td>\nJapanese<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Arturo Perez-Reverte (NR<\/strong>)<\/td>\nThe Club Dumas<\/em><\/td>\nSpanish<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vikram Chandra (NR<\/strong>)<\/td>\nSacred Games<\/em><\/td>\nIndian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

So that’s 46 total on my shelves, of which I’ve read 40.<\/p>\n

(And I KNOW I own a copy of The Kite Runner<\/em> by Khaled Hosseini. But I have no idea where I put most of my fiction. So there are might be some other books I’m missing.)<\/p>\n

I’ve been remiss. Translators of the above books:
\nMargaret Sayers Peden, Margaret Jull Costa, Sonia Soto, Andrew Hurley, Stephen Sartarelli, Andrew Bromfield, Reg Keeland, Andrew Brown<\/p>\n

And then there’s folklore and mythology… Do they count? I think they should, but since you might have a different opinion, I separated them out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
A.K. Ramanujan<\/td>\nFolktales from India<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aleksandr Afanas’ev<\/td>\nRussian Fairy Tales<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ananda K Coomaraswamy<\/td>\nMyths of the Hindus and Buddhists<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brown<\/td>\nTheogony<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
David Patterson<\/td>\nGreatest Jewish Stories<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Diane Tong<\/td>\nGypsy Folk Tales<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
E.C.T Werner<\/td>\nMyths and Legends of China<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
F. Hadland Davis<\/td>\nMyths and Legends of Japan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Frank Delaney<\/td>\nLegends of the Celts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gwyn Jones<\/td>\nEirik the Red and Other Icelandic Sagas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Harish Johari<\/td>\nThe Monkeys and the Mango Tree<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Harold Courlander<\/td>\nA Treasury of African Folklore<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Henry Glassie<\/td>\nIrish Folktakes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Herodotus<\/td>\nThe Histories<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Homer<\/td>\nThe Odyssey<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Innes<\/td>\nMetamophoses<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Italo Calvino<\/td>\nItalian Folktales<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jack Zipes<\/td>\nThe Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
James R. Foster<\/td>\nThe World’s Great Folktales<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jane Yolen<\/td>\nFavorite Folktales from around the World<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jeffery Gantz<\/td>\nThe Mabinogion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jesse L. Byock<\/td>\nSaga of the Volsungs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
John Bierhorst<\/td>\nLatin American Folktales<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kevin Crossley-Holland<\/td>\nThe Norse Myths<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Laura Gibbs<\/td>\nAesop’s Fables<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Linda J. Ivanits<\/td>\nRussian Folk Belief<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Moss Roberts<\/td>\nChinese Fairy Tales and Fantasies<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
N.K. Sandars<\/td>\nThe Epic of Gilgamesh<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nelson Mandela<\/td>\nFavorite African Folktales<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Peter Christen Asbjornsen<\/td>\nNorwegian Folktales<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
R.J. Stewart<\/td>\nCeltic Myths, Celtic Legends<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Richard F. Burton<\/td>\nTales from the Arabian Nights<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Royall Tyler<\/td>\nJapanese Tales<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sally Holmes<\/td>\nThe Complete Fairy Tales of the Charles Perrault<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Samuel Noah Kramer<\/td>\nMythologies of the Ancient World<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sir Thomas Malory<\/td>\nLe Morte D’Arthur<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Verra Xenophontovna Kalamatian de Blumenthal<\/td>\nFolk Tales from the Russian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
W.B. Yeats<\/td>\nIrish Fairy and Folktales<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

That’s 38 more, if you think they count.<\/p>\n

Do I have all the countries in the world? Of course I don’t. Could I read 174 books in a year? Probably. I’ve got 150 books this year, thought I’ve been slacking the past two months. But that seems… not fun.<\/p>\n

So, readers: what non-British or non-North American authors I should read?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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