My second review for #GermanLitMonth is from another of my favourite German-language writers, Peter Stamm - In a Deep Blue Hour translated by Michael Hofmann: 1streading.wordpress.com/2025/11/09/i...

New review today: A strange little tale for #GermanLitMonth and #NovNov25: Paulus Hochgatterer findingtimetowrite.wordpress.com/2025/11/10/g...

Fear and loathing in downtown Vienna for #GermanLitMonth today, with Elfriede Jelinek's 'Die Klavierlehrerin' ('The Piano Teacher'): tonysreadinglist.wordpress.com/2025/11/10/d...

#GermanLitMonth and #NovNov25: Two Charming, Gentle Reads findingtimetowrite.wordpress.com/2025/11/05/g...

#GermanLitMonth and #NovNov25: Two Charming, Gentle Reads findingtimetowrite.wordpress.com/2025/11/05/g...

My review of 'Demian' by Hermann Hesse for #GermanLitMonth and #NovNov. #Booksky wp.me/sezD85-demian

My second review for #GermanLitMonth's Genre Week takes us to Germany (via Austria) for Ingeborg Bachmann's 'Frankfurter Vorlesungen' ('Frankfurt Lectures'), a series of talks the writer gave way back when :) tonysreadinglist.wordpress.com/2025/11/06/f...

Dust off your German, Swiss and Austrian books and join us for #GermanLitMonth. beautyisasleepingcat.com/2025/11/01/w...

Currently on my 2nd read doing double duty for #GermanLitMonth and #NovellaNovember Arno Camenisch's Goldene Jahre (Golden Years) has the gentle humour and quirky voice that I loved in @ronanhession.bsky.social's Leonard and Hungry Paul

My first book for #germanlitmonth. I've not followed the suggested schedule as this was calling me from the bookcase and I'm so pleased to have read it: peakreads.wordpress.com/2025/11/03/g...

My first review for #GermanLitMonth is the latest novel from one of my favourite contemporary German writers - Daniel Kehlmann - The Director (translated by Ross Benjamin) about the film director Georg Wilhelm Pabst: 1streading.wordpress.com/2025/11/03/t...

First up for #GermanLitMonth, I start Genre Week off with a bit of poetry from Goethe - 'Erotic Poems', translated by David Luke. And when I say 'erotic'... tonysreadinglist.wordpress.com/2025/11/03/e...

Looking for some dark reading for the spooky season? Well, Honford Star have got you covered with their new 'Lovecraft Reanimated' series, three translations from the Korean inspired by the American writer and his Cthulhu mythos. See my reviews here :) tonysreadinglist.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/l...

As promised in Monday's review of Osamu Dazai's 'The Setting Sun', today I'm comparing that translation, by Juliet Winters Carpenter, with the classic Donald Keene version. That's right - it's translation slam time :) tonysreadinglist.wordpress.com/2025/10/29/t...

My latest review looks at Juliet Winters Carpenter's new translation of Osamu Dazai's 'The Setting Sun', courtesy of Tuttle Publishing: tonysreadinglist.wordpress.com/2025/10/27/t...

Short and sweet (ish) - today's stop on the chapter-by-chapter Genji journey is Chapter 16, 'Sekiya', a very brief interlude which reintroduces an old friend: tonysreadinglist.wordpress.com/2025/10/23/t...

Not long now until November's traditional #GermanLitMonth blogging event - any ideas for the month's reading? See our introduction and suggestions here :) tonysreadinglist.wordpress.com/2025/10/01/a...

A bit of history and biology in today's post as we take a look at Iida Turpeinen’s 'Beasts of the Sea' (translated by David Hackston, courtesy of MacLehose Press), the story of a particular (extinct) creature and our role in its disappearance... tonysreadinglist.wordpress.com/2025/10/20/b...

A very perceptive review of Daniele Del Giuidice's A Fictional Inquiry, Tony. From New Vessel Press.

More J-Lit for #TranslationThurs with a look at Aoko Matsuda's collection of 52(!) stories, 'The Woman Dies' (translated by Polly Barton, courtesy of Europa Editions): tonysreadinglist.wordpress.com/2025/10/16/t...

An intriguing journey in search of information about a very special man, in Trieste and... Wimbledon? My look at Daniele Del Giuidice's 'A Fictional Enquiry' (translated by Anne Milano Appel, courtesy of New Vessel Press): tonysreadinglist.wordpress.com/2025/10/13/a...

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It's Krasznahorkai, a writer I may have mentioned on the blog once or twice... tonysreadinglist.wordpress.com/category/las...

It's another Genji post today as Chapter 15, 'Yomogiu' takes us back to meet a certain princess, one with a sizeable facial feature, who's waiting desperately for the Shining One to visit her again... tonysreadinglist.wordpress.com/2025/10/09/t...

Today's review looks at Natalia Ginzburg's 'All Our Yesterdays' (translated by Angus Davidson), the story of a family and their experiences before and during World War Two, even if the war is mostly far away... tonysreadinglist.wordpress.com/2025/10/06/a...

Anyone looking for an eerie read in translation for Hallowe'en might want to check out this interesting series from @honfordstar, 'Lovecraft Reanimated' - three of Lovecraft's works reimagined by Korean writers... honfordstar.com/collections/...

Before heading into October's reviews, here's the monthly wrap-up post for September on the blog :) tonysreadinglist.wordpress.com/2025/10/03/s...

Are you ready for November? An introduction to German Literature Month XV (#GermanLitMonth), hosted by @beautyandthecat.bsky.social and... well, someone else ;) tonysreadinglist.wordpress.com/2025/10/01/a...

Are you ready for November? An introduction to German Literature Month XV (#GermanLitMonth), hosted by @beautyandthecat.bsky.social and... well, someone else ;) tonysreadinglist.wordpress.com/2025/10/01/a...

(Includes swipes at the "egregious" translations by Pevear and Volokhonsky, such as: "The sense is that they must have some 𝑘𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑡 on commissioning editors to keep getting hired, given how awkward is the English in the translations they produce" 🙂.)

"On the other hand, much of the translated fiction that sells big and spreads by word of mouth is identikit pap that “perms” any three from the following: Japan, cats, coffee shops, locked rooms, bookstores and detectives." @john-self.bsky.social on re/translations thecritic.co.uk/accost-in-tr...

After looking at Miranda Darling's 'Thunderhead' earlier in the month, today's review explores the sequel, 'Fireweather' (courtesy of Scribe Publications), in which a familiar face is going through a hard time - as is the country as a whole... tonysreadinglist.wordpress.com/2025/09/29/f...

Just had an enjoyable day's reading courtesy of LTI Korea's latest edition of 'Korean Literature Now' - lots of reviews, essays and fiction, including a story from featured writer Hwang Jungeun. It can all be tried for free at the site, too :) klwave.or.kr/klw/magazine...

New start - same old Genji... Here's my look at Chapter 14 of the Tale, 'Miotsukushi': tonysreadinglist.wordpress.com/2025/09/25/t...

A bit late to the party, but here's my look at Mircea Cărtărescu's 'Solenoid' (translated by Sean Cotter, published by Deep Vellum Publishing), a mind-bending tale of a man and his electromagnet ;) tonysreadinglist.wordpress.com/2025/09/22/s...

Keep Calm and Carry On (killing bad guys) - unlikely to win any awards, but 'Heads of State' was a fun way to spend Saturday evening with my daughters :)

Busy recently, so I haven't been online much, but in November I'm hoping to be more active to help with this year's #GermanLitMonth - here's the badge, with a building you may recognise :)

My latest review looks at Kaori Lai's 'Portraits in White' (tr. Sylvia Li-chun Lin and Howard Goldblatt, courtesy of Columbia University Press), three sketches of lives under the Taiwanese 'White Terror' era: tonysreadinglist.wordpress.com/2025/09/18/p...

A man, two women and a rather lively sex doll - Noboru Tsujihara's 'Mistress Koharu' (translated by Kalau Almony, courtesy of Honford Star): tonysreadinglist.wordpress.com/2025/09/15/m...

There's a new cat in town - well, the cat's translator, anyway! So how does Nick Bradley's version of Natsume Sōseki's 'I Am a Cat' compare to Aiko Ito & Graeme Wilson's version? Well, I can't promise a definitive answer, but... tonysreadinglist.wordpress.com/2025/09/11/i...

My latest post looks at a local book, Miranda Darling's 'Thunderhead', courtesy of Scribe Publications, a day in the life of a woman struggling with 'normal' life... tonysreadinglist.wordpress.com/2025/09/08/t...

I'm back with another Genji post, the second part of my take on 'Akashi', as we see what's been going on back in the Capital, including some divine intervention... tonysreadinglist.wordpress.com/2025/09/05/t...

After a break for #WITMonth, I'm back on the road with my chapter-by-chapter look at 'The Tale of Genji'. Today sees the first of two posts on Chapter 13, 'Akashi', with our young friend finding love just down the coast... tonysreadinglist.wordpress.com/2025/09/04/t...

My monthly wrap-up post for August, with everything from this year's #WITMonth :) tonysreadinglist.wordpress.com/2025/08/30/a...

I was sent a copy of Miranda Darling's 'Fireweather' (out in Aus at the start of September) a while back, and it was only when I had a closer look recently that I realised it was a follow-up of sorts to another book, 'Thunderhead' - many thanks to Scribe Publications for that one, too :)

It's not #WITMonth without a bit of Genji, so I'm rounding off my August reviews with a look at my new precious, Melissa McCormick's 'The Tale of Genji: A Visual Companion' :) tonysreadinglist.wordpress.com/2025/08/28/t...

A welcome arrival - a new take on Natsume Sōseki's classic novel 'I Am a Cat', translated by Nick Bradley, out in September from Vintage Books. Looking forward to catching up with my old feline friend soon :)

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