Translingualism

Beschrijving
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
Wachten op Godot
door Samuel Beckett
12,925 leden
161 besprekingen
3.9
4 Members
Dilara86, spiphany, ahef1963, mspixieears
Verklaringen
mspixieears: originally written in French while author was living there
2
De vliegeraar
door Khaled Hosseini
52,787 leden
1,300 besprekingen
4.2
2 Members
spiphany, ahef1963
3
Onderweg
door Jack Kerouac
27,928 leden
387 besprekingen
½ 3.6
2 Members
spiphany, mspixieears
Verklaringen
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
Nacht
door Elie Wiesel
27,564 leden
572 besprekingen
½ 4.3
2 Members
spiphany, ahef1963
Verklaringen
spiphany: An early version of "Night" was published in Yiddish; Wiesel later wrote a shorter version in French.
5
Hart der duisternis
door Joseph Conrad
23,577 leden
387 besprekingen
½ 3.6
2 Members
ahef1963, mspixieears
6
Bleek vuur
door Vladimir Nabokov
7,940 leden
139 besprekingen
4.2
2 Members
Dilara86, spiphany
7
Traagheid
door Milan Kundera
2,263 leden
30 besprekingen
½ 3.6
2 Members
Dilara86, spiphany
Verklaringen
spiphany: This is the first of Kundera's novels written in French; his previous works were in Czech
8
Het Franse testament
door Andreï Makine
1,554 leden
34 besprekingen
3.8
2 Members
Dilara86, spiphany
Verklaringen
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
door Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
925 leden
17 besprekingen
4.2
2 Members
Dilara86, spiphany
Verklaringen
Dilara86: Translated from Kikuyu into English by the author
10
Assommons les pauvres !
door Shumona Sinha
37 leden
2 besprekingen
½ 3.3
2 Members
Dilara86, spiphany
Verklaringen
Dilara86: Indian author who writes in French
11
Das geraubte Kind
door Galsan Tschinag
15 leden
4
2 Members
Dilara86, spiphany
Verklaringen
Dilara86: Ethnic Tuvan Mongolian author who writes in German.
12
Balzac en het Chinese naaistertje
door Dai Sijie
6,932 leden
235 besprekingen
½ 3.6
Member
spiphany
13
De Welwillenden
door Jonathan Littell
2,904 leden
97 besprekingen
3.9
Member
spiphany
Verklaringen
spiphany: American and French author. His first novel, Bad Voltage, was written in English; Les Bienveillantes (The Kindly Ones) in French
14
Zeven grillige verhalen
door Isak Dinesen
2,393 leden
32 besprekingen
4
Member
spiphany
Verklaringen
spiphany: Danish writer who lived in Kenya for nearly two decades. She wrote in English and self-translated into Danish.
15
Salome
door Oscar Wilde
1,579 leden
29 besprekingen
½ 3.6
Member
spiphany
Verklaringen
spiphany: Although Wilde was an Anglo-Irish writer and published almost exclusively in English, he chose to write "Salomé" in French.
16
Veertien dagen uit het leven van Alfons van Worden
door Jan Potocki
1,575 leden
32 besprekingen
4.1
Member
spiphany
Verklaringen
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
door Amin Maalouf
1,567 leden
36 besprekingen
3.9
Member
spiphany
18
Het huis van de moskee
door Kader Abdolah
1,300 leden
55 besprekingen
4
Member
spiphany
19
Vathek
door William Beckford
1,297 leden
44 besprekingen
3.1
Member
spiphany
Verklaringen
spiphany: Written in French, although Beckford generally wrote in English
20
Dood van een rode heldin
door Qiu Xiaolong
1,278 leden
68 besprekingen
3.8
Member
spiphany
21
Archief van verloren kinderen
door Valeria Luiselli
1,187 leden
62 besprekingen
3.8
Member
spiphany
Verklaringen
spiphany: Mexican writer living in the US. This is her fifth novel and the first written in English.
22
De geschiedenis van mijn leven
door Giacomo Girolamo Casanova
1,051 leden
11 besprekingen
3.8
Member
spiphany
23
Beknopt woordenboek voor geliefden
door Xiaolu Guo
1,040 leden
65 besprekingen
½ 3.5
Member
spiphany
Verklaringen
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
door Flann O'Brien
972 leden
19 besprekingen
4.1
Member
spiphany
Verklaringen
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: Roman
door Kim Thúy
867 leden
56 besprekingen
3.8
Member
spiphany
26
Met andere woorden
door Jhumpa Lahiri
739 leden
43 besprekingen
½ 3.7
Member
spiphany
Verklaringen
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
door Ursula Hegi
715 leden
21 besprekingen
4
Member
spiphany
Verklaringen
spiphany: Native language German; came to the US at 18, publications have been exclusively in English
28
Verloren in taal leven in een nieuw land
door Eva Hoffman
712 leden
13 besprekingen
½ 3.7
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spiphany
29
The Mountains Sing
door Nguyen Phan Que Mai
692 leden
52 besprekingen
4.1
Member
spiphany
30
Een heel leven later verhalen
door Yiyun Li
675 leden
25 besprekingen
3.9
Member
spiphany
31
Het lijk in de Haarlemmer Houttuinen
door Janwillem van de Wetering
654 leden
22 besprekingen
½ 3.6
Member
spiphany
Verklaringen
spiphany: Wrote in Dutch and self-translated/rewrote in English.
32
De Pronek-fantasieën
door Aleksandar Hemon
616 leden
19 besprekingen
½ 3.6
Member
spiphany
33
Memory of Water
door Emmi Itäranta
607 leden
47 besprekingen
3.8
Member
spiphany
Verklaringen
spiphany: Finnish writer living in the UK. She wrote each of her novels in both a Finnish and an English version.
34
Het droomleven van Soechanov
door Olga Grushin
605 leden
31 besprekingen
3.9
Member
spiphany
35
Steen van geduld sange saboer
door Atiq Rahimi
576 leden
40 besprekingen
½ 3.6
Member
spiphany
Verklaringen
spiphany: Afghan writer now living in France. Several early works in Dari. This is his first work written in French
36
Het dikke schrift
door Ágota Kristóf
545 leden
20 besprekingen
4.2
Member
spiphany
37
Hoe de soldaat de grammofoon repareert
door Saša Stanišić
505 leden
22 besprekingen
3.8
Member
spiphany
38
Dovenrepubliek
door Ilya Kaminsky
424 leden
11 besprekingen
½ 4.5
Member
spiphany
39
Schoonmaaktips van een huurmoordenaar
door Hallgrimur Helgason
399 leden
24 besprekingen
½ 3.3
Member
spiphany
Verklaringen
spiphany: Icelandic author of several novels in his native tongue. This novel was written in English.
40
Arrival and Departure
door Arthur Koestler
371 leden
5 besprekingen
½ 3.5
Member
spiphany
41
Vertellers van de nacht
door Rafik Schami
356 leden
5 besprekingen
4.1
Member
spiphany
42
De allerbeste oma van de wereld en de beste moeder, echtgenote, gastvrouw en de mooiste vrouw óóit (volgens haarzelf)
door Alina Bronsky
351 leden
26 besprekingen
½ 3.7
Member
Dilara86
Verklaringen
Dilara86: Author of Russian origin who moved to Germany as a teenager. She writes in German.
43
Wetten van de wildernis
door Francesca Marciano
325 leden
12 besprekingen
½ 3.6
Member
spiphany
44
On a Red Station, Drifting
door Aliette de Bodard
312 leden
33 besprekingen
½ 3.7
Member
Dilara86
Verklaringen
Dilara86: French author who writes in English
45
Het Koning David-rapport
door Stefan Heym
190 leden
2 besprekingen
3.9
Member
spiphany
Verklaringen
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
door Rainer Maria Rilke
186 leden
4.1
Member
spiphany
Verklaringen
spiphany: Although German was Rilke's primary language, he wrote about 400 poems in French (as well as a handful in Russian)
47
Er zitten joden in mijn huis
door Lara Vapnyar
184 leden
5 besprekingen
4
Member
spiphany
48
Kennis van de avond
door André Brink
184 leden
2 besprekingen
4
Member
spiphany
49
Lady L.
door Romain Gary
179 leden
2 besprekingen
½ 3.6
Member
spiphany
Verklaringen
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
door Pierre-Jakez Helias
166 leden
3 besprekingen
3.8
Member
Dilara86
Verklaringen
Dilara86: The author wrote The Horse of Pride in Breton, then translated it into French himself.
51
The Trick
door Emanuel Bergmann
157 leden
11 besprekingen
4.1
Member
spiphany
Verklaringen
spiphany: Author wrote first draft in English, then rewrote in German, then translated it back into English.
52
Cry, Mother Spain
door Lydie Salvayre
157 leden
11 besprekingen
½ 3.7
Member
Dilara86
Verklaringen
Dilara86: Written in a mixture of French and Spanish.
53
Twilight in Delhi
door Ahmed Ali
156 leden
6 besprekingen
½ 3.5
Member
spiphany
54
De heilige van de beginnende waanzin
door Elif Shafak
149 leden
3 besprekingen
½ 3.6
Member
spiphany
55
The Genius of Language: Fifteen Writers Reflect on Their Mother Tongue
door Wendy Lesser
137 leden
½ 3.6
Member
spiphany
56
The Hostage
door Brendan Behan
132 leden
2 besprekingen
½ 3.3
Member
spiphany
Verklaringen
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
door Maja Haderlap
128 leden
7 besprekingen
4.2
Member
spiphany
Verklaringen
spiphany: Writes in Slovenian and German
58
The Face on the Cutting-Room Floor
door Cameron McCabe
113 leden
2 besprekingen
2.9
Member
spiphany
59
Sworn Virgin
door Elvira Dones
109 leden
4 besprekingen
3.8
Member
spiphany
Verklaringen
spiphany: Writes in Albanian and Italian
60
Iedere dag, ieder uur
door Natasa Dragnic
100 leden
10 besprekingen
½ 3.4
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spiphany
61
De brug van de Gouden Hoorn
door Emine Sevgi Özdamar
99 leden
3 besprekingen
½ 3.6
Member
spiphany
62
The Appointment: A Novel
door Katharina Volckmer
94 leden
5 besprekingen
½ 3.4
Member
spiphany
63
On Borrowed Words: A Memoir of Language
door Ilan Stavans
83 leden
2 besprekingen
3.1
Member
spiphany
64
Een andere tongval
door Antjie Krog
82 leden
3.9
Member
spiphany
65
Ada's Room
door Sharon Dodua Otoo
78 leden
4 besprekingen
½ 3.4
Member
spiphany
66
Ingratitude
door Ying Chen
72 leden
2 besprekingen
½ 3.4
Member
spiphany
67
The Goldberg Variations
door Nancy Huston
62 leden
1 bespreking
½ 3.6
Member
spiphany
68
Two Murders in My Double Life: A Novel
door Josef Škvorecký
61 leden
2 besprekingen
½ 3.3
Member
spiphany
69
Cranes at Dusk
door Hisako Matsubara
57 leden
2 besprekingen
½ 3.4
Member
spiphany
Verklaringen
spiphany: Born and raised in Japan, came to Germany as an adult. Writes mostly in German.
70
Kledingreparatie Los Milagros
door María Cecilia Barbetta
49 leden
2 besprekingen
2.8
Member
spiphany
71
Engelszungen
door Dimitré Dinev
48 leden
1 bespreking
3.9
Member
spiphany
72
Foreign Words
door Vassilis Alexakis
44 leden
1 bespreking
3.9
Member
spiphany
73
The Alp
door Arno Camenisch
43 leden
1 bespreking
½ 3.3
Member
spiphany
Verklaringen
spiphany: Swiss author. He has published mostly in German, sometimes in Swiss dialect. "Sez Ner" was written in Romansh and German.
74
Les Palimpsestes
door Aleksandra Lun
41 leden
2 besprekingen
½ 3.7
Member
spiphany
75
Magda
door Meike Ziervogel
39 leden
2 besprekingen
4.1
Member
spiphany
Verklaringen
spiphany: Grew up in Germany, now lives in London and writes in English
76
Disputa de l'ase
door Anselm Turmeda
39 leden
1 bespreking
3.8
Member
spiphany
Verklaringen
spiphany: Medieval author who wrote in both Arabic and Catalan
77
Nagori : la nostalgie de la saison qui vient de nous quitter
door Ryoko Sekiguchi
34 leden
4 besprekingen
3.9
Member
Dilara86
Verklaringen
Dilara86: Japanese author - writes in French
78
Dúil
door Liam Ó Flaithearta
32 leden
4.2
Member
spiphany
Verklaringen
spiphany: Wrote primarily in English, with the exception of this book, which was written in Irish.
79
Une langue venue d'ailleurs
door Akira Mizubayashi
30 leden
2 besprekingen
4
Member
spiphany
80
Juja
door Nino Haratischwili
30 leden
1 bespreking
3
Member
spiphany
81
The Village Indian
door Abbas Khider
29 leden
3.1
Member
spiphany
Verklaringen
spiphany: Fled Iraq due to political activities; now a German citizen who writes in German.
82
Stap voor Stap
door Jakov Lind
25 leden
½ 4.3
Member
spiphany
83
Das Kamel mit dem Nasenring
door Salim Alafenisch
21 leden
3.8
Member
spiphany
84
Luft und Liebe
door Anne Weber
21 leden
3.2
Member
spiphany
85
Collected Body
door Valzhyna Mort
20 leden
5
Member
spiphany
Verklaringen
spiphany: Poet who writes in Belarusian and English
86
A Room Where The Star-Spangled Banner Cannot Be Heard: A Novel in Three Parts
door Hideo Levy
20 leden
1 bespreking
2.8
Member
spiphany
Verklaringen
spiphany: American-born, educated in Taiwan and Japan as well as the US. Has written several novels in Japanese.
87
Child-and-Rose
door Gennady Aigi
19 leden
3.8
Member
spiphany
Verklaringen
spiphany: First poems written in Chuvash, later switched to Russian; also published translations into Chuvash
88
Le langage et son double
door Julien Green
19 leden
1 bespreking
½ 3.5
Member
spiphany
89
In Case of Fire in a Foreign Land: New and Collected Poems from Two Languages
door Ariel Dorfman
18 leden
5
Member
spiphany
Verklaringen
spiphany: Argentinian/Chilean/American. Writes in both Spanish and English.
90
Überseezungen: Literarische Essays
door Yōko Tawada
18 leden
½ 4.3
Member
spiphany
Verklaringen
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
door Izzet Celasin
18 leden
3.8
Member
spiphany
Verklaringen
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
door Patrick K. Dewdney
18 leden
½ 3.5
Member
Dilara86
93
A la source, la nuit
door Seyhmus Dagtekin
16 leden
½ 4.5
Member
spiphany
Verklaringen
spiphany: Writes mostly in French, but also in Turkish and Kurdish
95
Dagny or a Love Feast
door Zurab Karumidze
16 leden
½ 3.5
Member
spiphany
96
Land Without Thunder
door Grace Ogot
14 leden
3
Member
spiphany
Verklaringen
spiphany: Wrote in Luo and English
97
Elefanten im Garten: Roman
door Meral Kureyshi
12 leden
½ 4.5
Member
spiphany
98
Sogar Papageien überleben uns: Roman
door Olga Martynova
12 leden
1 bespreking
½ 3.7
Member
spiphany
99
Switching Languages: Translingual Writers Reflect on Their Craft
door Steven G. Kellman
10 leden
5
Member
spiphany
100
The Sky is Changing
door Zoë Jenny
10 leden
2 besprekingen
½ 2.5
Member
spiphany
Verklaringen
spiphany: Swiss native now living in London. Published several novels in German prior to this English-language novel.