Book Review / Journal · 16th June 2024

Women in Translation 2024

It has it's own shelf

It has it’s own shelf

As some of you may have already seen on social media and here I’m a big fan of Charco Press and have a complete collection of all they’ve published and keep this up to date.

I thought this August would be a perfect time to read and review some of the Charco Press books in my collection for Women in Translation month (and also 20 Books of Summer if needed).

This is also a way to encourage me to read the books I have in the house 😉 before adding more to the physical collection, but it’s not goping to be much of a hardship as Charco Press have produced some of my all time favourite books. and I’m looking forward to exploring the collection from the start.

This is the list of the whole Charco Press collection and yes I know that not every one is written by a woman but I’ll only be reading the ones that are (these are asterisked) during the month of August and then translating this post into part of the post for the Charco Press publisher page.

  1. Slum Virgin* (09/17)
  2. The President’s Room (09/17)
  3. Die, My Love* (09/17)
  4. Fireflies (01/18)
  5. Southerly (01/18)
  6. Fish Soup* (06/18)
  7. The Distance Between Us (08/18)
  8. Older Brother (09/18)
  9. Resistance (10/18)
  10. The German Room* (11/18)
  11. Trout, Belly Up (02/19)
  12. Feebleminded* (05/19)
  13. The Wind That Lays Waste* (07/19)
  14. Loop* (10/19)
  15. An Orphan World (10/19)
  16. The Adventures of China Iron* (11/19)
  17. Fate (03/20)
  18. Holiday Heart* (06/20)
  19. A Musical Offering (07/20)
  20. Dead Girls* (09/20)
  21. Ramifications (10/20)
  22. Theatre of War* (11/20)
  23. Havana Year Zero* (02/21)
  24. A Perfect Cemetery (04/21)
  25. Elena Knows* (07/21)
  26. Occupation (08/21)
  27. The Rooftop* (10/21)
  28. Byobu* (11/21)
  29. Brickmakers* (11/21)
  30. Tender* (02/22) (read)
  31. Catching Fire (04/22)
  32. Never Did the Fire* (04/22)
  33. Here Be Icebergs* (06/22)
  34. The Forgery* (07/22)
  35. Homesick* (08/22)
  36. Salt Crystals* (09/22)
  37. Untold Microcosms: Latin American Writers in the British Museum (09/22)
  38. Dislocations* (11/22)
  39. You Shall Leave Your Land (01/23)
  40. Two Sherpas (02/23)
  41. The Remains* (03/23)
  42. Of Cattle and Men* (04/23)
  43. Fresh Dirt from the Grave* (06/23)
  44. A Little Luck* (07/23)
  45. Confession (09/23)
  46. The Delivery* (10/23)
  47. Forgotten Manuscript (11/23)
  48. Not A River* (01/24)
  49. The Dark Side of Skin (02/24)
  50. Why Did You Come Back Every Summer* (04/24)
  51. Explorers, Dreamers and Thieves (05/24)
  52. Tidal Waters* (05/24)
  53. The Cemetery of Untold Stories* (06/24)
  54. Last Date in El Zapotal (06/24)
  55. Time of the Flies* (08/24)
  56. The Plains (10/24)

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