Women in Translation Month 2024

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25 participants (125 books)

01 Aug 2024—31 Aug 2024

Overview

August is Women in Translation Month! This month, let’s read 5 books in translation. This challenge is hosted by @womenvsthevoid on Instagram.

Challenge Books

All books added
Breasts and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami

Breasts and Eggs

Mieko Kawakami

432 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective slow-paced
The Story of a New Name by Elena Ferrante

The Story of a New Name

The Neapolitan Novels #2

Elena Ferrante

471 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay by Elena Ferrante

Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay

The Neapolitan Novels #3

Elena Ferrante

418 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Hanami by Julia Cejas

Hanami

Julia Cejas

136 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction comics travel
Transitions: A Mother's Journey by Élodie Durand

Transitions: A Mother's Journey

Élodie Durand

176 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction gender lgbtqia+ emotional reflective medium-paced
Your Letter by Hyeon A. Cho

Your Letter

Hyeon A. Cho

270 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction contemporary manga emotional fast-paced
Plate Tectonics: An Illustrated Memoir by Margaux Motin

Plate Tectonics: An Illustrated Memoir

J'aurais adoré être ethnologue #3

Margaux Motin

256 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction comics memoir emotional reflective fast-paced
Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return by Marjane Satrapi

Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return

Persepolis #3-4

Marjane Satrapi

187 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction graphic novel memoir emotional informative reflective fast-paced
Persepolis: The Story Of A Childhood by Marjane Satrapi

Persepolis: The Story Of A Childhood

Persepolis #1-2

Marjane Satrapi

153 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction graphic novel historical memoir emotional informative sad medium-paced
Tenderloin by Joy Sorman

Tenderloin

Joy Sorman

176 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

fiction horror literary