VaughanPL: Reading Challenges 2024: Read a book translated to English | Vaughan Public Libraries

by Bernard, Christophe

Book - 2024

Translated from French, the story goes back to the year 1911 hockey game in Quebec's Gaspé Peninsula and gradually unfolds a hundred-year-old history of t...Show more Translated from French, the story goes back to the year 1911 hockey game in Quebec's Gaspé Peninsula and gradually unfolds a hundred-year-old history of tales, playfulness, treachery, ferociousness and how it subsequently shapes the destiny of the town. Show less

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The Silence in Her Eyes

A Novel

by Correa, Armando Lucas

Book - 2024

Translated from Spanish, the unique psychological thriller sails the readers through the plight of a visual impairment that can only see stationary items and becomes the key witness to a murder and crime being committed. Translated from Spanish, the unique psychological thriller sails the readers through the plight of a visual impairment that can only see stationary items and becomes the key witness to a murder and crime being committed. Show less

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Before We Say Goodbye

A Novel

by Kawaguchi, Toshikazu

Book - 2023

Translated from Japanese, the story sets in unique time-travelling in a Tokyo Cafe. The guests travel back to the past in the time it takes for their coff...Show more Translated from Japanese, the story sets in unique time-travelling in a Tokyo Cafe. The guests travel back to the past in the time it takes for their coffee to get cold. They meet their old girlfriends, make up for their mistakes, receive apologies from friends, family who hadn't treated them well, and return to the present time in Cafe with a sublime feeling where life has made amends. Show less

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Dissolved

A Novel

by Blædel, Sara

Book - 2023

Translated from Danish language, originally written by author Sara Bl del, Denmark's reigning Queen of Crime, depicts the mastermind of a serial killer, t...Show more Translated from Danish language, originally written by author Sara Bl del, Denmark's reigning Queen of Crime, depicts the mastermind of a serial killer, the wrenching tales of crime, the tension and the ultimate race against time. All this combined in one book definitely makes it a worth reading pounding thriller. Show less

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The Loneliness in Lydia Erneman's Life

by Christiansen, Rune

Book - 2023

Translated from Norwegian literature, the book is the quintessence of curves, intricacies of character as depicted through the love, despair, solitude, animal world intertwining to the ultimate reality of life in general. Translated from Norwegian literature, the book is the quintessence of curves, intricacies of character as depicted through the love, despair, solitude, animal world intertwining to the ultimate reality of life in general. Show less

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Counterweight

by Tyuna

Book - 2023

Translated from Korean and written by one of South Korea's most renowned science fiction writers, this is a fascinating roller coaster read soaring betwee...Show more Translated from Korean and written by one of South Korea's most renowned science fiction writers, this is a fascinating roller coaster read soaring between cyberspace, corporate world, personal ambition, a detective angle in the fiction, Korea's neocolonial political aspects. Show less

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Reykjavík

by Ragnar Jónasson

Book - 2023

Translated from Icelandic, the story is of a missing person, murder mystery dating back to 1956. As the investigation unfolds and the search continues, we find the beautiful landscape of Iceland described aptly picture right before our eyes. Translated from Icelandic, the story is of a missing person, murder mystery dating back to 1956. As the investigation unfolds and the search continues, we find the beautiful landscape of Iceland described aptly picture right before our eyes. Show less

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The Only Daughter

A Novel

by Yehoshua, Abraham B.

Book - 2023

Translated from Hebrew, this is a gripping social story of a young girl's journey into adulthood. Through this path we come across the celebration of Bat-...Show more Translated from Hebrew, this is a gripping social story of a young girl's journey into adulthood. Through this path we come across the celebration of Bat-Mitzvah, a Jewish grandfather's ideology, a Catholic uncle's belief, a liberated school teacher trying to show the path of solace through literary classic literature. A fascinating blend of imagination, fantasy, hope, loneliness as felt by an only daughter. Show less

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The Postcard

by Berest, Anne

Book - 2023

Translated from French, the story evolves around a postcard that has a photo of Paris on the cover and family names of those killed in Auschwitz. The prot...Show more Translated from French, the story evolves around a postcard that has a photo of Paris on the cover and family names of those killed in Auschwitz. The protagonist, Anne plunges on an effort to find out the fate of her family, their flight from Russia after the revolution, their journey to Latvia, Palestine, Paris. We find a moving saga of a family devastated by Holocaust and partly restored through will power, family bonding, love and care for each other. Show less

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Why We Took the Car

by Herrndorf, Wolfgang

Book - 2014

Translated from German, a Young Adult story of a German and Russian teenager 's unconventional friendship and attachments. The association leading to thef...Show more Translated from German, a Young Adult story of a German and Russian teenager 's unconventional friendship and attachments. The association leading to theft and criminal activities, also highlights the troubles of immigration, uproot from peaceful home environment, young adolescent minds. The book had gained enough popularity to be translated in various languages, have stage shows across Germany. Show less

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86--eighty-six

10. Fragmental Neoteny

by Asato, Asato

Book - 2022

Translated from Japanese, the fiction is of imaginary make-believe world, imaginary war, battleships, drones, loss and win in the race. Compiled in few volumes and with remarkable illustrations, this is a great fantasy read for Young Adults. Translated from Japanese, the fiction is of imaginary make-believe world, imaginary war, battleships, drones, loss and win in the race. Compiled in few volumes and with remarkable illustrations, this is a great fantasy read for Young Adults. Show less

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