The EuropeNow editor chooses her favorite literary translations of 2023 from or concerning Europe not already featured during the year.
The Sky Above the Roof by Nathacha Appanah
Translated from the French by Geoffrey Strachan
Published by Graywolf Press
Miniature Cities by Alessio Brandolini
Translated from the Italian by Giorgio Mobili
Published by Fomite
Fishing for the Little Pike by Juhani Karila
Translated from the Finnish by Lola Rogers
Published by Restless Books
Ivan and Phoebe by Oksana Lutsyshyna
Translated from the Ukrainian by Nina Murray
Published by Deep Vellum
A Shining by Jon Fosse
Translated from the Norwegian by Damion Searls
Published by Transit Books
The Stronghold by Dino Buzzati
Translated from the Italian by Lawrence Venuti
Published by New York Review Books
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Did This Hand Kill by Cezary Łazarewic
Translated from the Polish by Sean Gaspar Bye
Published by Open Letter Books
The Postman of Abruzzo by Vénus Khoury-Ghata
Translated from the French by Teresa Lavender Fagan
Published by Seagull Books
All The Eyes I Have Opened by Franca Mancinelli
Translated from the Italian by John Taylor
Published by Black Square Editions
A Mountain to the North, a Lake to the South, Paths to the West, a River to the East by László Krasznahorkai
Translated from the Hungarian by Ottilie Mulzet
Published by New Directions
The Long Coming of the Fire by Aco Šopov
Translated from the Macedonian by Rawley Grau and Christina E. Kramer
Published by Deep Vellum
The End by Attila Bartis
Translated from the Hungarian by Judith Sollosy
Published by Archipelago Books
The Birthday Party by Laurent Mauvignier
Translated from the French by Daniel Levin Becker
Published by Transit Books
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Cross-Stitch by Jazmina Barrera
Translated from the Spanish by Christina MacSweeney
Published by Two Lines Press
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Take Me to Stavanger by Anzhelina Polonskaya
Translated from the Russian by Andrew Wachtel
Published by the University of Pittsburgh Press
The City of the Living by Nicola Lagioia
Translated from the Italian by Ann Goldstein
Published by Europa Editions
The Year of the Hare by Arto Paasilinna
Translated from the Finnish by Herbert Lomas
Published by Pushkin Press Classics
Published on December 8, 2023.
