July 2022: In the middle of the pandemic, a good friend suggested we try reading a novel from every country, starting with a NYRB Classic I had just picked up, Malicroix by Henri Bosco. Now, two years later, we are still on this amazing journey…
- Malicroix, Henri Bosco
๐ซ๐ท France, June 2020 - The Rings of Saturn, W.G. Sebald
๐ฉ๐ช Germany, July 2020 - The Houseguest and Other Stories, Amparo Dรกvila
๐ฒ๐ฝ Mexico, August 2020 - Lincoln in the Bardo, George Saunders
๐บ๐ธ United States, August 2020 - Kristin Lavransdatter: The Wreath, Sigrid Undset
๐ณ๐ด Norway, October 2020 - Miss Julie and Other Plays, August Strindberg
๐ธ๐ช Sweden, November 2020 - Datura, Leena Krohn
๐ซ๐ฎ Finland, December 2020 - The Complete Cosmicomics, Italo Calvino
๐ฎ๐น Italy, January 2021 - Blindness, Josรฉ Saramago
๐ต๐น Portugal, February 2021 - Breathing into Marble, Laura Cerniauskaite
๐ฑ๐น Lithuania, March 2021 - The Waves, Virginia Woolf
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ England, April 2021 - Jakob von Gunten, Robert Walser
๐จ๐ญ Switzerland, May 2021 - Kristin Lavransdatter: The Wife, Sigrid Undset
๐ณ๐ด Norway, May 2021 - The Gate, Natsume Sลseki
๐ฏ๐ต Japan, July 2021 - Three Summers, Margarita Liberaki
๐ฌ๐ท Greece, August 2021 - The Palace of the Peacock, Wilson Harris
๐ฌ๐พ Guyana, August 2021 - Seeing Red, Lina Meruane
๐จ๐ฑ Chile, September 2021 - Panorama, Duลกan ล arotar
๐ธ๐ฎ Slovenia, October 2021 - An African in Greenland, Tรฉtรฉ-Michel Kpomassie
๐น๐ฌ Togo, November 2021 - The Passion According to G.H., Clarice Lispector
๐ง๐ท Brazil, December 2021 (DNF at 55%) - Dubliners, James Joyce
๐ฎ๐ช Ireland, April 2022 - The Last Gift, Abdulrazak Gurnah
๐น๐ฟ Zanzibar, June 2022 - Living Tissue, 10×10, Emilian Galaicu-Pฤun
๐ฒ๐ฉ Moldova, August 2022 (DNF halfway) - The Unwomanly Face of War, Svetlana Alexievich
๐ท๐บ Russia, December 2022 - Kristin Lavransdatter: The Cross, Sigrid Undset
๐ณ๐ด Norway, March 2023 - The Blue Sky, Galsan Tschinag
๐ฒ๐ณ Mongolia, May 2023