Tony Malone

#GermanLitMonth and #NovNov25: Two Charming, Gentle Reads In the spirit of efficiency, I am once more combining two of my favourite reading challenges, namely German Literature Month, as hosted by Caroline and Tony this year, and Novella November hosted b…

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#GermanLitMonth and #NovNov25: Two Charming, Gentle Reads In the spirit of efficiency, I am once more combining two of my favourite reading challenges, namely German Literature Month, as hosted by Caroline and Tony this year, and Novella November hosted b…

#GermanLitMonth and #NovNov25: Two Charming, Gentle Reads
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Light and dark: #GermanLitMonth #NovNov25 Photo: C A Lovegrove. Demian by Hermann Hesse. Demian: Die Geschichte einer Jugen von Emil Sinclair (1919) translated by W J Strachan (1958). Penguin Modern Classics, 2017. “The bird is …

My review of 'Demian' by Hermann Hesse for #GermanLitMonth and #NovNov. #Booksky wp.me/sezD85-demian

My second review for #GermanLitMonth's Genre Week takes us to Germany (via Austria) for Ingeborg Bachmann's 'Frankfurter Vorlesungen' ('Frankfurt Lectures'), a series of talks the writer gave way back when :)
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Welcome to German Literature Month XV November 2025 Welcome to German Literature Month XV Hopefully many of you have a nice selection of books or a reading list for #germanlitmonth. Remember  – anything that was originally written in German ca…

Dust off your German, Swiss and Austrian books and join us for #GermanLitMonth. beautyisasleepingcat.com/2025/11/01/w...

Currently on my 2nd read doing double duty for #GermanLitMonth and #NovellaNovember
Arno Camenisch's Goldene Jahre (Golden Years) has the gentle humour and quirky voice that I loved in @ronanhession.bsky.social's Leonard and Hungry Paul

German Literature Month XV- Inheritance ( Erbgut) by Marlen Hobrack Many of us in mid-life go through the sad business of clearing out a deceased parent’s home. Few will encounter a challenge as overwhelming as that faced by Marlen Hobrack when her mother died: she…

My first book for #germanlitmonth. I've not followed the suggested schedule as this was calling me from the bookcase and I'm so pleased to have read it: peakreads.wordpress.com/2025/11/03/g...

The Director Daniel Kehlmann made his name with Measuring the World (translated into English by Carol Brown Janeway), a novel set in the first half of the nineteenth century telling of the attempt by German mat…

My first review for #GermanLitMonth is the latest novel from one of my favourite contemporary German writers - Daniel Kehlmann - The Director (translated by Ross Benjamin) about the film director Georg Wilhelm Pabst:
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‘Erotic Poems’ by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (Review) It’s November, and (0f course) that means it’s time for one of my favourite blogging events of the year, German Literature Month!  I always set the whole month aside to get back to some…

First up for #GermanLitMonth, I start Genre Week off with a bit of poetry from Goethe - 'Erotic Poems', translated by David Luke. And when I say 'erotic'...
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Looking for some dark reading for the spooky season? Well, Honford Star have got you covered with their new 'Lovecraft Reanimated' series, three translations from the Korean inspired by the American writer and his Cthulhu mythos. See my reviews here :)
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‘The Setting Sun’ – Translation Slam! In my previous post, I covered Juliet Winters Carpenter’s new version of Osamu Dazai’s 1947 novel The Setting Sun, with a brief mention of Donald Keene’s 1956 translation, and as …

As promised in Monday's review of Osamu Dazai's 'The Setting Sun', today I'm comparing that translation, by Juliet Winters Carpenter, with the classic Donald Keene version. That's right - it's translation slam time :)

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‘The Setting Sun’ by Osamu Dazai (Review) It’s not often I cover a book for the second time on the blog, but with today’s selection, I do have my reasons.  For one thing, my original review, written back in 2011, was a fairly b…

My latest review looks at Juliet Winters Carpenter's new translation of Osamu Dazai's 'The Setting Sun', courtesy of Tuttle Publishing:
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The Tale of Genji: 16 – Sekiya After our last check-in with Genji saw him catching up with an old flame for the first time in years, today’s leg of our chapter-by-chapter journey through the Tale has a very similar theme, …

Short and sweet (ish) - today's stop on the chapter-by-chapter Genji journey is Chapter 16, 'Sekiya', a very brief interlude which reintroduces an old friend:

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Announcing German Literature Month XV – November 2025 November isn’t far away, and you all know what that means – German Literature Month is just around the corner! For the 15th (!) time, we’ll be reading German, Austrian, or Swiss books, …

Not long now until November's traditional #GermanLitMonth blogging event - any ideas for the month's reading? See our introduction and suggestions here :)
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‘Beasts of the Sea’ by Iida Turpeinen (Review) I quite enjoy novels that provide insights into professions or areas that are outside my frame of reference, and today’s choice certainly fits into that category, taking me far beyond my usua…

A bit of history and biology in today's post as we take a look at Iida Turpeinen’s 'Beasts of the Sea' (translated by David Hackston, courtesy of MacLehose Press), the story of a particular (extinct) creature and our role in its disappearance...
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A very perceptive review of Daniele Del Giuidice's A Fictional Inquiry, Tony. From New Vessel Press.

‘The Woman Dies’ by Aoko Matsuda (Review) While Europa Editions’ main focus is on, well, European fiction, the past few years have seen them publish literature from further afield, and one of their new favourite countries appears to …

More J-Lit for #TranslationThurs with a look at Aoko Matsuda's collection of 52(!) stories, 'The Woman Dies' (translated by Polly Barton, courtesy of Europa Editions):
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‘A Fictional Enquiry’ by Daniele Del Giudice (Review) While I tend to move in rather familiar reading circles, it’s nice to try something a little different once in a while, and that was certainly the case with my latest read, one sent my way by…

An intriguing journey in search of information about a very special man, in Trieste and... Wimbledon? My look at Daniele Del Giuidice's 'A Fictional Enquiry' (translated by Anne Milano Appel, courtesy of New Vessel Press):
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Winding Up the Week #442 This week I look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, announce German Literature Month 2025, keep up with a variety of literary anniver…

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No, definitely not! That was my first LK book...

Yep ;)

Congrats!

And congratulations to @ottiliemulzet.bsky.social !

László Krasznahorkai – Tony's Reading List Posts about László Krasznahorkai written by Tony

It's Krasznahorkai, a writer I may have mentioned on the blog once or twice...
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The Tale of Genji: 15 – Yomogiu After a chapter focusing on Genji’s return to the Capital, court politics and reencounters with some of the Tale’s major characters, it’s time today for a change of pace, and the …

It's another Genji post today as Chapter 15, 'Yomogiu' takes us back to meet a certain princess, one with a sizeable facial feature, who's waiting desperately for the Shining One to visit her again...
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‘All Our Yesterdays’ by Natalia Ginzburg (Review) After I recently got around to one book I’d been looking forward to trying for a good while, today sees me finding time for another that’s been waiting patiently in the background.  On …

Today's review looks at Natalia Ginzburg's 'All Our Yesterdays' (translated by Angus Davidson), the story of a family and their experiences before and during World War Two, even if the war is mostly far away...
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Anyone looking for an eerie read in translation for Hallowe'en might want to check out this interesting series from @honfordstar, 'Lovecraft Reanimated' - three of Lovecraft's works reimagined by Korean writers...
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September 2025 Wrap-Up While I didn’t entirely forget about women in translation in September, my focus did broaden somewhat last month after August’s glut of reviews.  Along with the usual Japanese choices (…

Before heading into October's reviews, here's the monthly wrap-up post for September on the blog :)
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I actually reviewed that when it came out in the US (sadly, I only got a PDF) - it will definitely be great to see the whole trilogy brought into English :)

Definitely one I enjoyed - as I'm sure you enjoyed your meeting with the men responsible!