Translingualism

Descrizione
Books by authors who write in more than one language or in a language other than their primary or childhood one. Also books about the phenomenon of translingualism/exophony (why do writers "switch" languages...). Please limit this to one representative title per author.
1
Aspettando Godot
di Samuel Beckett
12,918 utenti
161 recensioni
3.9
4 Members
Dilara86, spiphany, ahef1963, mspixieears
Spiegazioni
mspixieears: originally written in French while author was living there
2
Il cacciatore di aquiloni
di Khaled Hosseini
52,752 utenti
1,300 recensioni
4.2
2 Members
spiphany, ahef1963
3
Sulla strada
di Jack Kerouac
27,928 utenti
385 recensioni
½ 3.6
2 Members
spiphany, mspixieears
Spiegazioni
spiphany: Kerouac was of Québécois background and wrote several novellas in French (including an early version of On the Road) before turning to English in his later work
4
La notte
di Elie Wiesel
27,531 utenti
571 recensioni
½ 4.3
2 Members
spiphany, ahef1963
Spiegazioni
spiphany: An early version of "Night" was published in Yiddish; Wiesel later wrote a shorter version in French.
5
Cuore di tenebra
di Joseph Conrad
23,554 utenti
387 recensioni
½ 3.6
2 Members
ahef1963, mspixieears
6
Fuoco pallido
di Vladimir Nabokov
7,927 utenti
139 recensioni
4.2
2 Members
Dilara86, spiphany
7
La lentezza
di Milan Kundera
2,261 utenti
30 recensioni
½ 3.6
2 Members
Dilara86, spiphany
Spiegazioni
spiphany: This is the first of Kundera's novels written in French; his previous works were in Czech
8
Il testamento francese
di Andreï Makine
1,553 utenti
34 recensioni
3.8
2 Members
Dilara86, spiphany
Spiegazioni
spiphany: Russian-born Makine at first had to pretend that his French novels had been based on Russian manuscripts because the publishers didn't believe that he could have composed them in French
9
Wizard of the Crow
di Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
927 utenti
17 recensioni
4.2
2 Members
Dilara86, spiphany
Spiegazioni
Dilara86: Translated from Kikuyu into English by the author
10
Assommons les pauvres !
di Shumona Sinha
36 utenti
2 recensioni
½ 3.3
2 Members
Dilara86, spiphany
Spiegazioni
Dilara86: Indian author who writes in French
11
Das geraubte Kind
di Galsan Tschinag
15 utenti
4
2 Members
Dilara86, spiphany
Spiegazioni
Dilara86: Ethnic Tuvan Mongolian author who writes in German.
12
Balzac e la piccola sarta cinese
di Dai Sijie
6,927 utenti
235 recensioni
½ 3.6
Member
spiphany
13
Les Bienveillantes
di Jonathan Littell
2,902 utenti
97 recensioni
3.9
Member
spiphany
Spiegazioni
spiphany: American and French author. His first novel, Bad Voltage, was written in English; Les Bienveillantes (The Kindly Ones) in French
14
Sette storie gotiche
di Isak Dinesen
2,391 utenti
32 recensioni
4
Member
spiphany
Spiegazioni
spiphany: Danish writer who lived in Kenya for nearly two decades. She wrote in English and self-translated into Danish.
15
Salomè
di Oscar Wilde
1,579 utenti
29 recensioni
½ 3.6
Member
spiphany
Spiegazioni
spiphany: Although Wilde was an Anglo-Irish writer and published almost exclusively in English, he chose to write "Salomé" in French.
16
Manoscritto trovato a Saragozza
di Jan Potocki
1,574 utenti
32 recensioni
4.1
Member
spiphany
Spiegazioni
spiphany: Potocki was a Polish nobleman; he was educated in Geneva and travelled extensively around Europe and Asia. He wrote in French.
17
Leo Africanus
di Amin Maalouf
1,566 utenti
36 recensioni
3.9
Member
spiphany
18
La casa della moschea
di Kader Abdolah
1,300 utenti
55 recensioni
4
Member
spiphany
19
Vathek
di William Beckford
1,294 utenti
44 recensioni
3.1
Member
spiphany
Spiegazioni
spiphany: Written in French, although Beckford generally wrote in English
20
La misteriosa morte della compagna Guan
di Qiu Xiaolong
1,277 utenti
68 recensioni
3.8
Member
spiphany
21
Archivio dei bambini perduti
di Valeria Luiselli
1,186 utenti
62 recensioni
3.8
Member
spiphany
Spiegazioni
spiphany: Mexican writer living in the US. This is her fifth novel and the first written in English.
22
Memorie scritte da lui medesimo
di Giacomo Girolamo Casanova
1,050 utenti
11 recensioni
3.8
Member
spiphany
23
A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers
di Xiaolu Guo
1,039 utenti
65 recensioni
½ 3.5
Member
spiphany
Spiegazioni
spiphany: Raised in China and wrote several novels in Chinese. Now based mostly in London. This was her first novel written in English.
24
The Poor Mouth
di Flann O'Brien
972 utenti
19 recensioni
4.1
Member
spiphany
Spiegazioni
spiphany: Brian O'Nolan used the pseudonym Myles na gCopaleen when writing in Irish and Flann O'Brien when writing in English. "The Poor Mouth" is his only novel in Irish.
25
Ru
di Kim Thúy
864 utenti
56 recensioni
3.8
Member
spiphany
26
In altre parole
di Jhumpa Lahiri
738 utenti
43 recensioni
½ 3.7
Member
spiphany
Spiegazioni
spiphany: US writer of Bengali heritage. Author of several works in English, moved to Rome as an adult, learned Italian, and wrote this novel in that language.
27
Floating in My Mother's Palm
di Ursula Hegi
715 utenti
21 recensioni
4
Member
spiphany
Spiegazioni
spiphany: Native language German; came to the US at 18, publications have been exclusively in English
28
Come si dice (Lost in Translation)
di Eva Hoffman
711 utenti
13 recensioni
½ 3.7
Member
spiphany
29
The Mountains Sing
di Nguyen Phan Que Mai
694 utenti
52 recensioni
4.1
Member
spiphany
30
Mille anni di preghiere: racconti
di Yiyun Li
674 utenti
25 recensioni
3.9
Member
spiphany
31
Morte inspiegabile di un cittadino di Amsterdam
di Janwillem van de Wetering
654 utenti
22 recensioni
½ 3.6
Member
spiphany
Spiegazioni
spiphany: Wrote in Dutch and self-translated/rewrote in English.
32
Nowhere man
di Aleksandar Hemon
616 utenti
19 recensioni
½ 3.6
Member
spiphany
33
Memory of Water
di Emmi Itäranta
606 utenti
47 recensioni
3.8
Member
spiphany
Spiegazioni
spiphany: Finnish writer living in the UK. She wrote each of her novels in both a Finnish and an English version.
34
The Dream Life of Sukhanov
di Olga Grushin
603 utenti
31 recensioni
3.9
Member
spiphany
35
Pietra di pazienza
di Atiq Rahimi
576 utenti
40 recensioni
½ 3.6
Member
spiphany
Spiegazioni
spiphany: Afghan writer now living in France. Several early works in Dari. This is his first work written in French
36
Quello che resta
di Ágota Kristóf
545 utenti
20 recensioni
4.2
Member
spiphany
37
La storia del soldato che riparò il grammofono
di Saša Stanišić
504 utenti
22 recensioni
3.8
Member
spiphany
38
Deaf Republic: Poems
di Ilya Kaminsky
424 utenti
11 recensioni
½ 4.5
Member
spiphany
39
Toxic: romanzo
di Hallgrimur Helgason
399 utenti
24 recensioni
½ 3.3
Member
spiphany
Spiegazioni
spiphany: Icelandic author of several novels in his native tongue. This novel was written in English.
40
Arrivo e partenza
di Arthur Koestler
371 utenti
5 recensioni
½ 3.5
Member
spiphany
41
La notte racconta...
di Rafik Schami
356 utenti
5 recensioni
4.1
Member
spiphany
42
I piatti più piccanti della cucina tatara
di Alina Bronsky
350 utenti
26 recensioni
½ 3.7
Member
Dilara86
Spiegazioni
Dilara86: Author of Russian origin who moved to Germany as a teenager. She writes in German.
43
Rules of the Wild: A Novel of Africa
di Francesca Marciano
325 utenti
12 recensioni
½ 3.6
Member
spiphany
44
On a Red Station, Drifting
di Aliette de Bodard
312 utenti
33 recensioni
½ 3.7
Member
Dilara86
Spiegazioni
Dilara86: French author who writes in English
45
The King David Report
di Stefan Heym
190 utenti
2 recensioni
3.9
Member
spiphany
Spiegazioni
spiphany: Switched back and forth between his native German and English several times, depending on where he was living at the time.
46
The Complete French Poems of Rainer Maria Rilke
di Rainer Maria Rilke
186 utenti
4.1
Member
spiphany
Spiegazioni
spiphany: Although German was Rilke's primary language, he wrote about 400 poems in French (as well as a handful in Russian)
47
There Are Jews in My House
di Lara Vapnyar
184 utenti
5 recensioni
4
Member
spiphany
48
Looking on Darkness
di André Brink
184 utenti
2 recensioni
4
Member
spiphany
49
Lady L
di Romain Gary
179 utenti
2 recensioni
½ 3.6
Member
spiphany
Spiegazioni
spiphany: Wrote in French and sometimes in English, and self-translated several of his novels. Neither language was his mother tongue.
50
The horse of pride : life in a Breton village
di Pierre-Jakez Helias
166 utenti
3 recensioni
3.8
Member
Dilara86
Spiegazioni
Dilara86: The author wrote The Horse of Pride in Breton, then translated it into French himself.
51
The Trick
di Emanuel Bergmann
157 utenti
11 recensioni
4.1
Member
spiphany
Spiegazioni
spiphany: Author wrote first draft in English, then rewrote in German, then translated it back into English.
52
Cry, Mother Spain
di Lydie Salvayre
157 utenti
11 recensioni
½ 3.7
Member
Dilara86
Spiegazioni
Dilara86: Written in a mixture of French and Spanish.
53
Crepuscolo a Delhi
di Ahmed Ali
156 utenti
6 recensioni
½ 3.5
Member
spiphany
54
The Saint of Incipient Insanities
di Elif Shafak
149 utenti
3 recensioni
½ 3.6
Member
spiphany
55
The Genius of Language: Fifteen Writers Reflect on Their Mother Tongue
di Wendy Lesser
137 utenti
½ 3.6
Member
spiphany
56
The Hostage
di Brendan Behan
132 utenti
2 recensioni
½ 3.3
Member
spiphany
Spiegazioni
spiphany: "The Hostage" was written in Irish; the author also wrote an English adaptation. Behan's other works are in English.
57
Angel of Oblivion
di Maja Haderlap
128 utenti
7 recensioni
4.2
Member
spiphany
Spiegazioni
spiphany: Writes in Slovenian and German
58
The Face on the Cutting-Room Floor
di Cameron McCabe
113 utenti
2 recensioni
2.9
Member
spiphany
59
Vergine giurata
di Elvira Dones
109 utenti
4 recensioni
3.8
Member
spiphany
Spiegazioni
spiphany: Writes in Albanian and Italian
60
Every Day, Every Hour: A Novel
di Natasa Dragnic
100 utenti
10 recensioni
½ 3.4
Member
spiphany
61
The Bridge of the Golden Horn
di Emine Sevgi Özdamar
99 utenti
3 recensioni
½ 3.6
Member
spiphany
62
The Appointment: A Novel
di Katharina Volckmer
94 utenti
5 recensioni
½ 3.5
Member
spiphany
63
On Borrowed Words: A Memoir of Language
di Ilan Stavans
83 utenti
2 recensioni
3.1
Member
spiphany
64
A Change of Tongue
di Antjie Krog
82 utenti
3.9
Member
spiphany
65
Ada's Room
di Sharon Dodua Otoo
77 utenti
4 recensioni
½ 3.4
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spiphany
66
Ingratitude
di Ying Chen
71 utenti
2 recensioni
½ 3.4
Member
spiphany
67
The Goldberg Variations
di Nancy Huston
62 utenti
1 recensione
½ 3.6
Member
spiphany
68
Two Murders in My Double Life: A Novel
di Josef Škvorecký
61 utenti
2 recensioni
½ 3.3
Member
spiphany
69
Cranes at Dusk
di Hisako Matsubara
57 utenti
2 recensioni
½ 3.4
Member
spiphany
Spiegazioni
spiphany: Born and raised in Japan, came to Germany as an adult. Writes mostly in German.
70
Änderungsschneiderei Los Milagros
di María Cecilia Barbetta
49 utenti
2 recensioni
2.8
Member
spiphany
71
Engelszungen
di Dimitré Dinev
48 utenti
1 recensione
3.9
Member
spiphany
72
Foreign Words
di Vassilis Alexakis
44 utenti
1 recensione
3.9
Member
spiphany
73
The Alp
di Arno Camenisch
43 utenti
1 recensione
½ 3.3
Member
spiphany
Spiegazioni
spiphany: Swiss author. He has published mostly in German, sometimes in Swiss dialect. "Sez Ner" was written in Romansh and German.
74
Les Palimpsestes
di Aleksandra Lun
41 utenti
2 recensioni
½ 3.7
Member
spiphany
75
Magda
di Meike Ziervogel
39 utenti
2 recensioni
4.1
Member
spiphany
Spiegazioni
spiphany: Grew up in Germany, now lives in London and writes in English
76
Disputa de l'ase
di Anselm Turmeda
39 utenti
1 recensione
3.8
Member
spiphany
Spiegazioni
spiphany: Medieval author who wrote in both Arabic and Catalan
77
Nagori : la nostalgie de la saison qui vient de nous quitter
di Ryoko Sekiguchi
34 utenti
4 recensioni
3.9
Member
Dilara86
Spiegazioni
Dilara86: Japanese author - writes in French
78
Dúil
di Liam Ó Flaithearta
32 utenti
4.2
Member
spiphany
Spiegazioni
spiphany: Wrote primarily in English, with the exception of this book, which was written in Irish.
79
Une langue venue d'ailleurs
di Akira Mizubayashi
30 utenti
2 recensioni
4
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spiphany
80
The Village Indian
di Abbas Khider
29 utenti
3.1
Member
spiphany
Spiegazioni
spiphany: Fled Iraq due to political activities; now a German citizen who writes in German.
81
Juja
di Nino Haratischwili
29 utenti
1 recensione
3
Member
spiphany
82
Counting my steps; an autobiography
di Jakov Lind
25 utenti
½ 4.3
Member
spiphany
83
Das Kamel mit dem Nasenring
di Salim Alafenisch
21 utenti
3.8
Member
spiphany
84
Luft und Liebe
di Anne Weber
21 utenti
3.2
Member
spiphany
85
Collected Body
di Valzhyna Mort
20 utenti
5
Member
spiphany
Spiegazioni
spiphany: Poet who writes in Belarusian and English
86
A Room Where The Star-Spangled Banner Cannot Be Heard: A Novel in Three Parts
di Hideo Levy
20 utenti
1 recensione
2.8
Member
spiphany
Spiegazioni
spiphany: American-born, educated in Taiwan and Japan as well as the US. Has written several novels in Japanese.
87
Child-and-Rose
di Gennady Aigi
19 utenti
3.8
Member
spiphany
Spiegazioni
spiphany: First poems written in Chuvash, later switched to Russian; also published translations into Chuvash
88
Le langage et son double
di Julien Green
19 utenti
1 recensione
½ 3.5
Member
spiphany
89
In Case of Fire in a Foreign Land: New and Collected Poems from Two Languages
di Ariel Dorfman
18 utenti
5
Member
spiphany
Spiegazioni
spiphany: Argentinian/Chilean/American. Writes in both Spanish and English.
90
Überseezungen: Literarische Essays
di Yōko Tawada
18 utenti
½ 4.3
Member
spiphany
Spiegazioni
spiphany: Japanese-born author who came to Germany as an adult. She continues to write in both German and Japanese
91
Black Sky, Black Sea
di Izzet Celasin
18 utenti
3.8
Member
spiphany
Spiegazioni
spiphany: Turkish, came to Norway as a political refugee as an adult; author of one novel, written in Norwegian
92
Le cycle de Syffe, I : L'enfant de poussière: Le cycle de Syffe, I
di Patrick K. Dewdney
18 utenti
½ 3.5
Member
Dilara86
93
A la source, la nuit
di Seyhmus Dagtekin
16 utenti
½ 4.5
Member
spiphany
Spiegazioni
spiphany: Writes mostly in French, but also in Turkish and Kurdish
95
Dagny or a Love Feast
di Zurab Karumidze
16 utenti
½ 3.5
Member
spiphany
96
Land Without Thunder
di Grace Ogot
14 utenti
3
Member
spiphany
Spiegazioni
spiphany: Wrote in Luo and English
97
Elefanten im Garten: Roman
di Meral Kureyshi
12 utenti
½ 4.5
Member
spiphany
98
Sogar Papageien überleben uns: Roman
di Olga Martynova
12 utenti
1 recensione
½ 3.7
Member
spiphany
99
Switching Languages: Translingual Writers Reflect on Their Craft
di Steven G. Kellman
10 utenti
5
Member
spiphany
100
The Sky is Changing
di Zoë Jenny
10 utenti
2 recensioni
½ 2.5
Member
spiphany
Spiegazioni
spiphany: Swiss native now living in London. Published several novels in German prior to this English-language novel.