2022 MAY of the MODERNS! - hosted by margaretpinard

'the OTHER - a book translated from another language'
This one is from me, and especially encourages people to read outside the publishing powerhouses of the US/UK. Remember, all of these can apply to more than one prompt. 😊
Recommendations:
Franz Kafka, Metamorphosis
Irmgard Keun, The Artificial Silk Girl
Gabriela Mistral, Selected Poems of Gabriela Mistral
Anna Akhmatova, The Complete Poems of Anna Akhmatova
Soseki Natsume, I am a Cat
Ogai Mori, The Wild Geese
Rabindranath Tagore, The Home and the World
Herman Hesse, Siddhartha
Thomas Mann, The Magic Mountain
Thomas Mofolo, Chaka
Bruno Schulz, The Street of Crocodiles
Yasunari Kawabata, Snow Country
Halldor Laxness, Iceland’s Bell
Eileen Chang, Love in a Fallen City
Carmen Laforet, Nada
(these titles found in this excellent Bookriot list)
All books added
Mr Hire's Engagement by Georges Simenon

Mr Hire's Engagement

Georges Simenon

160 pages ‱ first pub 1933 (editions)

fiction crime mystery dark mysterious reflective medium-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
Two Sisters by Rabindranath Tagore, Krishna Kripalani

Two Sisters

Rabindranath Tagore, Krishna Kripalani

104 pages ‱ first pub 1943 (editions)

fiction classics emotional reflective slow-paced
Battlefield by Vishram Bedekar

Battlefield

Vishram Bedekar

210 pages ‱ first pub 1939 (editions)

fiction historical emotional sad medium-paced
Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata

Snow Country

Yasunari Kawabata

192 pages ‱ first pub 1948 (editions)

fiction classics literary romance reflective sad slow-paced
Rebellion by Joseph Roth, Michael Hofmann

Rebellion

Joseph Roth, Michael Hofmann

168 pages ‱ first pub 1924 (editions)

fiction sad medium-paced
Blind Owl by Sadegh Hedayat

Blind Owl

Sadegh Hedayat

112 pages ‱ first pub 1935 (editions)

fiction literary challenging dark slow-paced
The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux

The Phantom of the Opera

Gaston Leroux

322 pages ‱ first pub 1909 (editions) user-added

fiction classics horror dark mysterious medium-paced
Doctor Faustus: The Life of the German Composer Adrian Leverkuhn as Told by a Friend by Thomas Mann

Doctor Faustus: The Life of the German Composer Adrian Leverkuhn as Told by a Friend

Thomas Mann

544 pages ‱ first pub 1947 (editions)

fiction classics challenging reflective slow-paced
Notebook of a Return to the Native Land by Aimé Césaire

Notebook of a Return to the Native Land

Wesleyan Poetry

Aimé Césaire

100 pages ‱ first pub 1939 (editions)

nonfiction classics poetry challenging emotional reflective fast-paced