#WITMonth Annual Review 2022

August is now traditionally Women In Translation (WIT) Month and this is my now traditional review of the WIT reads of the past 12 months. 23 books pictured and listed below, with hyperlinks to my content (review, interview or some literary sightseeing). Don’t read too much into the fact that some titles have no associated content : sometimes I simply run out of time.

Without further ado, here’s the list with my favourites asterisked.

• The Disaster Tourist – Yun Ko-Eun (Korean)
• Not A Novel – Jenny Erpenbeck (German)
• Planet of Clay – Samar Yazbek (Arabic)
• Forty Lost Years – Rosa Maria Arquimbau (Catalan) *
• The Storm of Echoes – Christelle Dabos (French)
• Madgermanes – Birgit Weyhe (German)
• After Midnight – Irmgard Keun (German) *
• The Liquid Land – Raphaeler Edelbauer (German)
• Inventory of Losses – Judith Schalansky (German)
• Love and Death in Bali – Vicki Baum (German)
• Love in Five Acts – Daniela Krien (German)
• Island – Siri Rava Hjelm Jacobsen (Danish)
• New Year – Juli Zeh (German) *
• The Man Who Went Up in Smoke – Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö (Swedish)
• The Man on The Balcony – Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö (Swedish)
• The Book of Reykjavik – Various (Icelandic)
• Lampie – Annet Schaap (Dutch) *
• Marzahn, Mon Amour – Katja Oskamp [German) *
• River Clyde – Simone Buchholz (German)
• Hotel Cartagena – Simone Buchholz (German)
• This House is Mine – Dörthe Hansen (German) Reread
• Never Did The Fire – Diamela Eltit (Spanish)
• A Sister’s Story – Donatella di Pietrantonio (Italian)