This holiday season has been exceptionally good to me. Look at that! Very pleased to receive the Dec box from @theboxwalla whose titles are no doubt the best. I’ve always praised their incredible book choices that showcase translated works, and underrated authors; and the Dec titles are no lesser. - The box includes Kiran Nagarkar’s first novel, 4321, translated from Marathi and Eileen Chang’s Half a Lifelong Romance which was translated into English in 2014 even though the original was published in 1950. - - Very eager about Nagarkar because I’ve heard so much about him (mostly about his famous novel, Cuckold). I might binge read this one and his newer novel, Jasoda. 4321 is said to employ cinematic techniques in writing, and I am very very curious to see how that was implemented. - - Books + the lovely ‘A Winter day’ card from @obviousstate = one happy girl here.😍🎁 . . Any translated books that have caught your fancy recently? Two of mine- Madonna in a fur coat by Sabahattin Ali (Turkish, again from the Boxwallah collection) A General Theory of Oblivion by Jose Eduardo (half read, Portuguese) . . #coffeefliicks #boxwallabook #diversebooks
