The 100 Best Novels in Translation by Boyd Tonkin

The 100 Best Novels in Translation by Boyd Tonkin

Ian McEwan:
This is a brilliant and extremely useful guide, approachable on every level. Boyd Tonkin opens up infinite worlds of the imagination.
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Following the great success of the hardcover edition of Boyd Tonkin's 100 Best Novels in Translation, Galileo is very happy to announce a trade paperback edition.
The author was Literary Editor of The Independent newspaper and started the prestigious Independent Foreign Fiction Prize which ran from 1990 until 2015 before becoming part of the Man Booker awards.
He has made an extraordinary selection of 'classics' ranging from the well known authors such as Proust, Dostoyevsky, Sartre, Cervantes, Nabokov, Marquez, Kundera etc, to name just a handful, to lesser known, but no less deserving, authors writing in languages from every corner of the earth. For each selection he has written a commentary on the plot and theme of the work concerned, as well as writing about the merits of the particular translation(s) into the English language. The works are arranged in date order of publication, and are not ranked in any other way.
The result is a rich tapestry of the best fiction from around the world that will surely accelerate the recent trend towards a more outward looking approach to what we read. It is both a work of reference but as importantly a book that can read from cover to cover with huge enjoyment.

Tonkin, Boyd: - Boyd Tonkin is a writer, journalist and critic who chaired the judging panel of the Man Booker International Prize in 2016, and is Special Adviser to the prize and a trustee of the Orwell Foundation. He writes on books and arts for international media including The Economist, The Financial Times, The Spectator, New Scientist and theartsdesk.com, and contributes to BBC Radio. He was Literary Editor and then Senior Writer at The Independent newspaper, between 1996 and 2016.

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ISBN 13	9781903385678
ISBN 10	1903385679
Title	The 100 Best Novels in Translation
Author	Boyd Tonkin
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Galileo Publishers
Year published	2018-06-12
Number of pages	304
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