The StoryGraph's Translation Challenge 2021 - hosted by thestorygraph

A book translated from a language spoken in India
There are 427 languages spoken in India, according to Wikipedia, which gives you a lot to choose from! Some of the main languages include: Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Kashmiri, Gujarati, Urdu, Kannada, Odia, Malayalam, Punjabi, Assamese, Maithili and Sanskrit. But you're free to choose any language you like.

A lot of Indian authors do write in English, so please make sure you find a book which has been written in a different language and translated for the purposes of this challenge!
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Wild Animals Prohibited: Stories/Anti-Stories by Subimal Misra, V. Ramaswamy

Wild Animals Prohibited: Stories/Anti-Stories

Subimal Misra, V. Ramaswamy

282 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

challenging reflective medium-paced
This Could Have Become Ramayan Chamar's Tale: Two Anti-Novels by Subimal Misra, V. Ramaswamy

This Could Have Become Ramayan Chamar's Tale: Two Anti-Novels

Subimal Misra, V. Ramaswamy

296 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

challenging reflective slow-paced
The Quilt & Other Stories by Ismat Chughtai

The Quilt & Other Stories

Ismat Chughtai

225 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

fiction classics short stories challenging reflective medium-paced
The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree by Shokoofeh Azar

The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree

Shokoofeh Azar

8 hours, 20 minutes • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction literary magical realism challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Godan by Purushottama Lal, Munshi Premchand, Jai Ratan

Godan

Purushottama Lal, Munshi Premchand, Jai Ratan

352 pages • first pub 1936 (editions)

fiction classics informative slow-paced
Eine Studie in Scharlachrot by Arthur Conan Doyle

Eine Studie in Scharlachrot

Sherlock Holmes #1

Arthur Conan Doyle

189 pages • first pub 1887 (editions)

fiction classics crime mystery adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Flod: noveller av Ambai by Ambai

Flod: noveller av Ambai

Ambai

157 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

fiction short stories medium-paced
The Ichi Tree Monkey: New and Selected Stories by Bama

The Ichi Tree Monkey: New and Selected Stories

Bama

missing page info • first pub 2021 (editions)

challenging emotional reflective fast-paced
Bhagavad Gita by Swami Swarupananda

Bhagavad Gita

Swami Swarupananda

264 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction philosophy religion medium-paced
Draupadi by Mahasweta Devi

Draupadi

Mahasweta Devi

22 pages • first pub 1981 (editions)

fiction feminism short stories dark reflective fast-paced