Translingualism

Beschreibung
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.
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Warten auf Godot
von Samuel Beckett
12,919 Mitglieder
161 Rezensionen
3.9
4 Members
Dilara86, spiphany, ahef1963, mspixieears
Erklärungen
mspixieears: originally written in French while author was living there
2
Drachenläufer
von Khaled Hosseini
52,757 Mitglieder
1,300 Rezensionen
4.2
2 Members
spiphany, ahef1963
3
Unterwegs
von Jack Kerouac
27,930 Mitglieder
385 Rezensionen
½ 3.6
2 Members
spiphany, mspixieears
Erklärungen
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
Die Nacht. Erinnerung und Zeugnis.
von Elie Wiesel
27,536 Mitglieder
571 Rezensionen
½ 4.3
2 Members
spiphany, ahef1963
Erklärungen
spiphany: An early version of "Night" was published in Yiddish; Wiesel later wrote a shorter version in French.
5
Herz der Finsternis
von Joseph Conrad
23,557 Mitglieder
387 Rezensionen
½ 3.6
2 Members
ahef1963, mspixieears
6
Fahles Feuer
von Vladimir Nabokov
7,928 Mitglieder
139 Rezensionen
4.2
2 Members
Dilara86, spiphany
7
Die Langsamkeit
von Milan Kundera
2,261 Mitglieder
30 Rezensionen
½ 3.6
2 Members
Dilara86, spiphany
Erklärungen
spiphany: This is the first of Kundera's novels written in French; his previous works were in Czech
8
Das französische Testament
von Andreï Makine
1,553 Mitglieder
34 Rezensionen
3.8
2 Members
Dilara86, spiphany
Erklärungen
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
Herr der Krähen
von Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
927 Mitglieder
17 Rezensionen
4.2
2 Members
Dilara86, spiphany
Erklärungen
Dilara86: Translated from Kikuyu into English by the author
10
Erschlagt die Armen!
von Shumona Sinha
36 Mitglieder
2 Rezensionen
½ 3.3
2 Members
Dilara86, spiphany
Erklärungen
Dilara86: Indian author who writes in French
11
Das geraubte Kind
von Galsan Tschinag
15 Mitglieder
4
2 Members
Dilara86, spiphany
Erklärungen
Dilara86: Ethnic Tuvan Mongolian author who writes in German.
12
Balzac und die kleine chinesische Schneiderin
von Dai Sijie
6,927 Mitglieder
235 Rezensionen
½ 3.6
Member
spiphany
13
Die Wohlgesinnten
von Jonathan Littell
2,902 Mitglieder
97 Rezensionen
3.9
Member
spiphany
Erklärungen
spiphany: American and French author. His first novel, Bad Voltage, was written in English; Les Bienveillantes (The Kindly Ones) in French
14
Sieben phantastische Geschichten
von Isak Dinesen
2,392 Mitglieder
32 Rezensionen
4
Member
spiphany
Erklärungen
spiphany: Danish writer who lived in Kenya for nearly two decades. She wrote in English and self-translated into Danish.
15
Salome
von Oscar Wilde
1,579 Mitglieder
29 Rezensionen
½ 3.6
Member
spiphany
Erklärungen
spiphany: Although Wilde was an Anglo-Irish writer and published almost exclusively in English, he chose to write "Salomé" in French.
16
Die Handschrift von Saragossa
von Jan Potocki
1,574 Mitglieder
32 Rezensionen
4.1
Member
spiphany
Erklärungen
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
von Amin Maalouf
1,566 Mitglieder
36 Rezensionen
3.9
Member
spiphany
18
Das Haus an der Moschee
von Kader Abdolah
1,300 Mitglieder
55 Rezensionen
4
Member
spiphany
19
Vathek
von William Beckford
1,295 Mitglieder
44 Rezensionen
3.1
Member
spiphany
Erklärungen
spiphany: Written in French, although Beckford generally wrote in English
20
Tod einer roten Heldin
von Qiu Xiaolong
1,277 Mitglieder
68 Rezensionen
3.8
Member
spiphany
21
Lost Children Archive
von Valeria Luiselli
1,187 Mitglieder
62 Rezensionen
3.8
Member
spiphany
Erklärungen
spiphany: Mexican writer living in the US. This is her fifth novel and the first written in English.
22
Die Geschichte meines Lebens
von Giacomo Girolamo Casanova
1,051 Mitglieder
11 Rezensionen
3.8
Member
spiphany
23
Kleines Wörterbuch für Liebende: Roman
von Xiaolu Guo
1,039 Mitglieder
65 Rezensionen
½ 3.5
Member
spiphany
Erklärungen
spiphany: Raised in China and wrote several novels in Chinese. Now based mostly in London. This was her first novel written in English.
24
Irischer Lebenslauf
von Flann O'Brien
972 Mitglieder
19 Rezensionen
4.1
Member
spiphany
Erklärungen
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
Der Klang der Fremde
von Kim Thúy
863 Mitglieder
56 Rezensionen
3.8
Member
spiphany
26
In Other Words
von Jhumpa Lahiri
738 Mitglieder
43 Rezensionen
½ 3.7
Member
spiphany
Erklärungen
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
von Ursula Hegi
715 Mitglieder
21 Rezensionen
4
Member
spiphany
Erklärungen
spiphany: Native language German; came to the US at 18, publications have been exclusively in English
28
Ankommen in der Fremde. Lost in Translation.
von Eva Hoffman
711 Mitglieder
13 Rezensionen
½ 3.7
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spiphany
29
The Mountains Sing
von Nguyen Phan Que Mai
694 Mitglieder
52 Rezensionen
4.1
Member
spiphany
30
A Thousand Years of Good Prayers: Stories
von Yiyun Li
674 Mitglieder
25 Rezensionen
3.9
Member
spiphany
31
Outsider in Amsterdam.
von Janwillem van de Wetering
654 Mitglieder
22 Rezensionen
½ 3.6
Member
spiphany
Erklärungen
spiphany: Wrote in Dutch and self-translated/rewrote in English.
32
Nowhere Man: Roman
von Aleksandar Hemon
616 Mitglieder
19 Rezensionen
½ 3.6
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spiphany
33
Der Geschmack von Wasser
von Emmi Itäranta
606 Mitglieder
47 Rezensionen
3.8
Member
spiphany
Erklärungen
spiphany: Finnish writer living in the UK. She wrote each of her novels in both a Finnish and an English version.
34
Suchanow verkauft seine Seele
von Olga Grushin
604 Mitglieder
31 Rezensionen
3.9
Member
spiphany
35
Stein der Geduld
von Atiq Rahimi
576 Mitglieder
40 Rezensionen
½ 3.6
Member
spiphany
Erklärungen
spiphany: Afghan writer now living in France. Several early works in Dari. This is his first work written in French
36
Das große Heft
von Ágota Kristóf
545 Mitglieder
20 Rezensionen
4.2
Member
spiphany
37
Wie der Soldat das Grammofon repariert
von Saša Stanišić
504 Mitglieder
22 Rezensionen
3.8
Member
spiphany
38
Deaf Republic: Poems
von Ilya Kaminsky
424 Mitglieder
11 Rezensionen
½ 4.5
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spiphany
39
Zehn Tipps, das Morden zu beenden und mit dem Abwasch zu beginnen
von Hallgrimur Helgason
399 Mitglieder
24 Rezensionen
½ 3.3
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spiphany
Erklärungen
spiphany: Icelandic author of several novels in his native tongue. This novel was written in English.
40
Ein Mann springt in die Tiefe
von Arthur Koestler
371 Mitglieder
5 Rezensionen
½ 3.5
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spiphany
41
Erzähler der Nacht
von Rafik Schami
356 Mitglieder
5 Rezensionen
4.1
Member
spiphany
42
Die schärfsten Gerichte der tatarischen Küche: Roman
von Alina Bronsky
350 Mitglieder
26 Rezensionen
½ 3.7
Member
Dilara86
Erklärungen
Dilara86: Author of Russian origin who moved to Germany as a teenager. She writes in German.
43
Himmel über Afrika.
von Francesca Marciano
325 Mitglieder
12 Rezensionen
½ 3.6
Member
spiphany
44
On a Red Station, Drifting
von Aliette de Bodard
312 Mitglieder
33 Rezensionen
½ 3.7
Member
Dilara86
Erklärungen
Dilara86: French author who writes in English
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Der König David Bericht
von Stefan Heym
190 Mitglieder
2 Rezensionen
3.9
Member
spiphany
Erklärungen
spiphany: Switched back and forth between his native German and English several times, depending on where he was living at the time.
46
Poemes francais
von Rainer Maria Rilke
186 Mitglieder
4.1
Member
spiphany
Erklärungen
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
von Lara Vapnyar
184 Mitglieder
5 Rezensionen
4
Member
spiphany
48
Looking on Darkness
von André Brink
184 Mitglieder
2 Rezensionen
4
Member
spiphany
49
Lady L.
von Romain Gary
179 Mitglieder
2 Rezensionen
½ 3.6
Member
spiphany
Erklärungen
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
von Pierre-Jakez Helias
166 Mitglieder
3 Rezensionen
3.8
Member
Dilara86
Erklärungen
Dilara86: The author wrote The Horse of Pride in Breton, then translated it into French himself.
51
The Trick
von Emanuel Bergmann
157 Mitglieder
11 Rezensionen
4.1
Member
spiphany
Erklärungen
spiphany: Author wrote first draft in English, then rewrote in German, then translated it back into English.
52
Weine nicht
von Lydie Salvayre
157 Mitglieder
11 Rezensionen
½ 3.7
Member
Dilara86
Erklärungen
Dilara86: Written in a mixture of French and Spanish.
53
Twilight in Delhi
von Ahmed Ali
156 Mitglieder
6 Rezensionen
½ 3.5
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spiphany
54
The Saint of Incipient Insanities
von Elif Shafak
149 Mitglieder
3 Rezensionen
½ 3.6
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spiphany
55
The Genius of Language: Fifteen Writers Reflect on Their Mother Tongue
von Wendy Lesser
137 Mitglieder
½ 3.6
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spiphany
56
Die Geisel - Programm
von Brendan Behan
132 Mitglieder
2 Rezensionen
½ 3.3
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spiphany
Erklärungen
spiphany: "The Hostage" was written in Irish; the author also wrote an English adaptation. Behan's other works are in English.
57
Engel des Vergessens
von Maja Haderlap
128 Mitglieder
7 Rezensionen
4.2
Member
spiphany
Erklärungen
spiphany: Writes in Slovenian and German
58
The Face on the Cutting-Room Floor
von Cameron McCabe
113 Mitglieder
2 Rezensionen
2.9
Member
spiphany
59
Sworn Virgin
von Elvira Dones
109 Mitglieder
4 Rezensionen
3.8
Member
spiphany
Erklärungen
spiphany: Writes in Albanian and Italian
60
Jeden Tag, jede Stunde
von Natasa Dragnic
100 Mitglieder
10 Rezensionen
½ 3.4
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spiphany
61
Die Brücke vom Goldenen Horn
von Emine Sevgi Özdamar
99 Mitglieder
3 Rezensionen
½ 3.6
Member
spiphany
62
The Appointment: A Novel
von Katharina Volckmer
94 Mitglieder
5 Rezensionen
½ 3.5
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spiphany
63
On Borrowed Words: A Memoir of Language
von Ilan Stavans
83 Mitglieder
2 Rezensionen
3.1
Member
spiphany
64
A Change of Tongue
von Antjie Krog
82 Mitglieder
3.9
Member
spiphany
65
Adas Raum
von Sharon Dodua Otoo
77 Mitglieder
4 Rezensionen
½ 3.4
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spiphany
66
Ingratitude
von Ying Chen
71 Mitglieder
2 Rezensionen
½ 3.4
Member
spiphany
67
The Goldberg Variations
von Nancy Huston
62 Mitglieder
1 Rezension
½ 3.6
Member
spiphany
68
Two Murders in My Double Life: A Novel
von Josef Škvorecký
61 Mitglieder
2 Rezensionen
½ 3.3
Member
spiphany
69
Abendkranich. Eine Kindheit in Japan
von Hisako Matsubara
57 Mitglieder
2 Rezensionen
½ 3.4
Member
spiphany
Erklärungen
spiphany: Born and raised in Japan, came to Germany as an adult. Writes mostly in German.
70
Änderungsschneiderei Los Milagros
von María Cecilia Barbetta
49 Mitglieder
2 Rezensionen
2.8
Member
spiphany
71
Engelszungen: Roman
von Dimitré Dinev
48 Mitglieder
1 Rezension
3.9
Member
spiphany
72
Foreign Words
von Vassilis Alexakis
44 Mitglieder
1 Rezension
3.9
Member
spiphany
73
Sez Ner
von Arno Camenisch
43 Mitglieder
1 Rezension
½ 3.3
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spiphany
Erklärungen
spiphany: Swiss author. He has published mostly in German, sometimes in Swiss dialect. "Sez Ner" was written in Romansh and German.
74
Les Palimpsestes
von Aleksandra Lun
41 Mitglieder
2 Rezensionen
½ 3.7
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spiphany
75
Magda
von Meike Ziervogel
39 Mitglieder
2 Rezensionen
4.1
Member
spiphany
Erklärungen
spiphany: Grew up in Germany, now lives in London and writes in English
76
Disputa de l'ase
von Anselm Turmeda
39 Mitglieder
1 Rezension
3.8
Member
spiphany
Erklärungen
spiphany: Medieval author who wrote in both Arabic and Catalan
77
Nagori : la nostalgie de la saison qui vient de nous quitter
von Ryoko Sekiguchi
34 Mitglieder
4 Rezensionen
3.9
Member
Dilara86
Erklärungen
Dilara86: Japanese author - writes in French
78
Dúil
von Liam Ó Flaithearta
32 Mitglieder
4.2
Member
spiphany
Erklärungen
spiphany: Wrote primarily in English, with the exception of this book, which was written in Irish.
79
Une langue venue d'ailleurs
von Akira Mizubayashi
30 Mitglieder
2 Rezensionen
4
Member
spiphany
80
The Village Indian
von Abbas Khider
29 Mitglieder
3.1
Member
spiphany
Erklärungen
spiphany: Fled Iraq due to political activities; now a German citizen who writes in German.
81
Juja
von Nino Haratischwili
29 Mitglieder
1 Rezension
3
Member
spiphany
82
Counting my steps; an autobiography
von Jakov Lind
25 Mitglieder
½ 4.3
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spiphany
83
Das Kamel mit dem Nasenring
von Salim Alafenisch
21 Mitglieder
3.8
Member
spiphany
84
Luft und Liebe
von Anne Weber
21 Mitglieder
3.2
Member
spiphany
85
Collected Body
von Valzhyna Mort
20 Mitglieder
5
Member
spiphany
Erklärungen
spiphany: Poet who writes in Belarusian and English
86
A Room Where The Star-Spangled Banner Cannot Be Heard: A Novel in Three Parts
von Hideo Levy
20 Mitglieder
1 Rezension
2.8
Member
spiphany
Erklärungen
spiphany: American-born, educated in Taiwan and Japan as well as the US. Has written several novels in Japanese.
87
Child-and-Rose
von Gennady Aigi
19 Mitglieder
3.8
Member
spiphany
Erklärungen
spiphany: First poems written in Chuvash, later switched to Russian; also published translations into Chuvash
88
Le langage et son double
von Julien Green
19 Mitglieder
1 Rezension
½ 3.5
Member
spiphany
89
In Case of Fire in a Foreign Land: New and Collected Poems from Two Languages
von Ariel Dorfman
18 Mitglieder
5
Member
spiphany
Erklärungen
spiphany: Argentinian/Chilean/American. Writes in both Spanish and English.
90
Überseezungen. Literarische Essays
von Yōko Tawada
18 Mitglieder
½ 4.3
Member
spiphany
Erklärungen
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
von Izzet Celasin
18 Mitglieder
3.8
Member
spiphany
Erklärungen
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
von Patrick K. Dewdney
18 Mitglieder
½ 3.5
Member
Dilara86
93
A la source, la nuit
von Seyhmus Dagtekin
16 Mitglieder
½ 4.5
Member
spiphany
Erklärungen
spiphany: Writes mostly in French, but also in Turkish and Kurdish
94
Lives in Translation: Bilingual Writers on Identity and Creativity
von Isabelle de Courtivron
16 Mitglieder
4
Member
spiphany
95
Dagny or a Love Feast
von Zurab Karumidze
16 Mitglieder
½ 3.5
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spiphany
96
Land Without Thunder
von Grace Ogot
14 Mitglieder
3
Member
spiphany
Erklärungen
spiphany: Wrote in Luo and English
97
Elefanten im Garten: Roman (German Edition)
von Meral Kureyshi
12 Mitglieder
½ 4.5
Member
spiphany
98
Sogar Papageien überleben uns
von Olga Martynova
12 Mitglieder
1 Rezension
½ 3.7
Member
spiphany
99
Switching Languages: Translingual Writers Reflect on Their Craft
von Steven G. Kellman
10 Mitglieder
5
Member
spiphany
100
The Sky is Changing
von Zoë Jenny
10 Mitglieder
2 Rezensionen
½ 2.5
Member
spiphany
Erklärungen
spiphany: Swiss native now living in London. Published several novels in German prior to this English-language novel.