Having given up on the idea of linking to all my reviews of women in translation, I opted for the next best thing, a (fairly) representative top twelve of the reviews that have appeared on the blog over the past few years of books by non-Anglophone female writers. While the geographical grouping leaves a little to be desired (my focus on German, Japanese and - more recently - Korean literature means that these languages dominate), these were the ones I thought needed to be included in my top dozen :) So, in order of appearance on the blog....
*****
Das Gemeindekind (The Parish Child) by Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
Children in Reindeer Woods by Krístin Ómarsdóttir
Sommerhaus, später (Summerhouse, Later) by Judith Hermann
Nachdenken über Christa T. (The Quest for Christa T.) by Christa Wolf
Das Muschelessen by Birgit Vanderbeke
My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
70% Acrylic 30% Wool by Viola Di Grado
A True Novel by Minae Mizumura
Anatomie einer Nacht (Anatomy of a Night) by Anna Kim
No One Writes Back by Jang Eun-jin
Revenge by Yoko Ogawa
I'll Be Right There by Shin Kyung-sook
*****
Some great books there, all worth hunting down and devouring - so, what are you waiting for? ;)
