When I just started watching English speaking booktube it was weird for me that people underline the fact that it’s translated, because in Russia, in bookstores for example, approximately 70% of the books are translated and people read more of translated than originally written in Russian
I'm still weirded out to this day about the exact same thing. I come from a small Eastern European country with very little literature so I think I read about 10 non-translated books in my life.
I think that's the case for almost every non-English country. I'm from Luxembourg and although we have three national languages (Luxembourgish, German and French), there is just so much translated media, from books to series to movies because a lot of stuff is originally in English. I am always fascinated by how native English speakers don't think about the fact that the rest of the world consumes their stuff either translated or not in their mothertongue :D
As someone who lives in non-English-speaking country I feel like I have a different perspective on reading translated fiction, because that's such a huge part of the market here and in fact majority of what I read. It's so commonplace here, and I think that English-speaking countries are hugely missing out on literature precisely because they're so much less used to having translated fiction. So it was great to see you make that effort to go out of the English-language-box a little bit (even though my first reaction to the video title was "groundbreaking... 🙄" 😂)
It's definitely interesting to consider the differences in the prevalence of translated fiction in an english-speaking country and a non-english-speaking country! I feel like there's so much less of an emphasis on translated fiction here in the UK but I want to try and raise awareness of some awesome books that are translated!
That's exactly what I was thinking, I often feel like the native English speakers just don't actively think about what it's like to be a non-native speaker in an English-is-the-international-language-world :D
Whenever Joel says the sentence “I highly recommend you check it out bc I post some extra content that you’re NOT! gonna see here” I say it out loud with him and it makes me quite happy
I waited all the way until the end to see if he did because I think it must be such a difficult job to capture the beauty and authenticity when it moves across languages, as so many words don’t exist or have slightly different meanings- definitely not a job I could do. I’m so glad he did that at the end too!
**cries in brazilian** i'm so happy you liked here the whole time!! vitor is one of my favorite authors and i'm so excited to see his stories reaching more and more people🤍 we have such incredible books being published here in brazil, i hope more of them get a chance to be translated someday in the near future!
As someone who reads almost only translated fiction because english is not my first language I feel so happy when booktubers make videos like these! 😊 Translating is sooo undervalued as a job.
Only sometimes the translation is SO bad. I cant read any work translated from english to swedish cause it just looks like someone was too lazy to write good sentences lol
I'm so happy that this video makes you happy and I agree with you that translating is so undervalued by people, it takes so much time and effort to ensure you have the right translations!
@@fictionalfates 😍😍😍 there's so much Brazilian literature that is so so good!!! If you want to try a classic try Memorias Postumas de Bras Cubas (I dont know the translation sorry) and The alchemist is also a hugely known one. And if you want more asian work try anything by Banana Yoshimoto and Almond! ♥️
YAAAASSSS, I'M SO HAPPY i'm brazilian and Vitor Martins is my favorite author, so when i saw on your goodreads you had read Here the whole time i was sooo exited to see your thoughts about it. Just wanted to say that i love your work and what you're doing with your platform whish you all the best kisses from Brasil🇧🇷🇧🇷
Thank you so much Camilla!! After so many people recommended it to me, I knew that I should give it a shot and it was just such an amazing book 🥺I hope so many people pick it up because it's truly amazing and I hope they translate more of Vitor Martins' books into english!
it’s always nice to see people who grew up in english speaking countries start reading and sharing translated fiction! it’s definitely a lot of what the rest of the world is reading. as for recommendations for authors to check out, i think there’s always something to be said for fredrik backman! i personally love beartown from him the most. Would also recommend licia troisi for some fantasy, it’s translated from italian, and her’s first trilogy was one i adored when i was in middle school!
as a greek who began reading by reading fiction that has been translated to greek, it's so weird to me that people don't read translated fiction...i keep forgetting it lol
Your reactions are so cute 🥺 I'm so glad you liked "Here the whole time" !! The author is Brazilian (and so am i) and it is amazing for me to see people from other countries getting to know the contemporary literature of my country!
Not me reading almost only translated fiction 🤭 I’m french tho ! That’s not that easy to find YA fantastics books written by french author this days. That’s why I gotta write them ✍🏽🙄
crying in brazilian because finally vitor martins is getting the recognition he deserves!! here the whole time is one of my favourite books ever and i love felipe
Hello! I’ll go ahead and recommend 3 books from Latin american authors that I know have translations: Conversation in the Cathedral by Mario Vargas Llosa (Peru) Hopscotch by Julio Cortazar (Argentina) 100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Colombia)
@@fictionalfates yay! I actually read on goodreads that both Cortazar and Garcia Marquez said that the translations for their respective books were as good, if not better, than their original works. So there you go. 🤗 Hopscotch is a fucking trip btw. Remember those choose your own adventure middle grade books? There’s more than one way to read it id all I’m gonna say 😉 oh and it’s about a writer so... a plus? I guess? Anyways enjoy!
“Here The Whole Time” is one of my favorite books from life. 🥺😭 ❤️ I’m so happy that you loved!!! The brazilian cover is also beautiful and was made by the author himself (search for Quinze dias! It’s the original title). Vitor also has another book published and I hope that it gets translated into English too (it’s called “Um milhão de finais felizes” and it is another favorite of mine).
my favourite translated work from last year was kim jiyoung born 1982 and I would highly recommend it! it depicts the lives of several s.korean women both from the past and present in such a unique way and the audiobook is so so good as well!
Ahhh! I read this last year and I loved it too, it was such a unique depiction of the misogyny that South Korean women face and I agree on the audiobook too, it was narrated so well!
As an aspiring translator, thank you for giving translated fiction some attention! Keep it up! Also, it'd be cool if you mentioned the names of the translators when you talked about the books. I like knowing who translated a book, and translators deserve to be recognized!
@@fictionalfates sorry, I must have missed that! Yeah, I agree that naming translators as you introduce the books would help! So glad you enjoyed so many of these books.
Late to the party bit only just realised the toxic waste matched the sprayed edges, that coordination 👌tender is the flesh was a wild ride, the ending was such a smack in the face
I want to read Klara and the Sun. It reminds me of his other book, Never let me go, which I loved. I added the other ones to my reading list! I’m excited!
This was so great! I have been thinking lately that I need to read more translated fiction. The Travelling Cat Chronicles is one of my favourite books. I am so happy you loved it! Kazuo Ishiguro wrote my favourite book. Can't wait to get to Klara and the Sun!
Vitor Martins is my favorite YA author, and I couldn't be happier to see more people having access to his work. Where We Go From Here is another incredible Brazilian ya book that got a translated version.
Yeah Ishiguro is not a translation. He's British. Interesting fact: Japanese people had no idea who he was til he won the Nobel a few years ago 🤣 they were so mad he won and Murakami didn't. Even now many Japanese people do not know Ishiguro.
I read a lot of translated fiction. Actually hosting a readathon about books in translation right now! Love seeing people read more translated fiction. Kitchen is a classic. I actually just read it recently.
Kitchen was the first novel I read entirely in Japanese and wow did it challenge me. I like Banana Yoshimoto among many other translated Japanese authors but I must say it was a game changer to read a book in its creative original form. This was so cool! I too need to read more translated works from places not Japan. Looking currently at works from India and South America.
this video was so nice to watch as always! 💙 i recommend timeskipper by stefano benni, i read it in its original language aka italian so i can't vouch for the english translation but i know it exists. it's one of my favorite books ever and it means a lot to me ✨
me hearing the synopsis of tender is the flesh: intrigued me seeing your faces whilst reading: buying the book and putting it at the top of the tbr pile
Finally someone is talking about The Travelling Cat Chronicles, it’s one of my favourite books of all time and I’ve never heard any booktubers talk about it! 🙌🏼
okay but you were KILLIN’ the jumper game in this video. i loved hearing you talk about all these books and how different each of these books were. the travelling cat chronicles is on the tbr now!
I have Vita Nostra on my TBR list. I believe that is translated. Also I want to read Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon... . Love the choice of books you read here!!
I read a article where Augustina Bazterrica explains Tender is the Flesh is a commentary on consumerism and capitalism. After reading about how this book came about my mind was blown.
I'm so excited to see that you read Tender is the Flesh! After I read it I couldn't find anyone else who had and I had MANY thoughts to share and discuss. I'm glad you were able to read it and I loved hearing what you had to say about it!
fantastic vid!! just a suggestion in the future if you are planning on making this a series (I hope you are!) it would be great to name the translator of the book, as you do the cover artist. I study languages at uni and as someone who has taken several classes on translation, it is such an art, and every translated work is very very individual and personal to the translator themselves - the same work can be translated by different people an infinite amount of times. One aspect of translation theory (bc I am a nerd and enjoy this stuff) is that we aren’t reading the author’s words from the horse’s mouth, but rather the translator’s interpretation of the author, which can be equally as insightful and unique. So i think would be good to give them that recognition in your videos too, as they are much a part of the book as the author or the illustrator :) much love as always 💘thanks for making my entire Friday
The shadow of the wind is also translated fiction and one of my absolute favorite books!!, Carlos Ruiz Zafon was such an amazing writer, can't wait to hear your thoughts on the live show. Such a great vlog!
Okay, you've convinced me to get Klara and the Sun. I like the idea of reading a book from a cats perspective, so definitely adding that to my TBR. I love translated fiction so this was a good video for me. Loved it.
This was such a relaxing video to watch and I'm super super super excited to read Here the Whole Time. I just checked and my library has it! Thanks for the recommendation!
i saw your review of here the whole time on goodreads and i immediately added it to my tbr! a couple of years ago for christmas, i actually gifted my dad the travelling cat chronicles so i might have to borrow that off him to read at some point 👀
I don’t think I /enjoyed/ Tender is the Flesh, but I respect the hell out of it for how effective it is. The horror is in the banality of the cannibalism and people’s willingness to literally dehumanize others rather than make uncomfortable adjustments their lifestyle. The whole time I kept hoping it would be a story of revolution, but I think the story of complicity and the reversion to the familiar was the better choice. I saw you also mentioned Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto, but didn’t end up reading it for the video. I’d love to see what you think when you get the chance to read it.
I'm definitely planning on reading Kitchen in the future! I just didn't have enough time ahah but I definitely agree with your point - whilst we had hope for humanity, the choice that Marcos makes is one that makes the most sense
@@fictionalfates BRO, YOU COULD WEAR A GARBAGE BAG AND STILL LOOK LIKE YOU'RE READY FOR A FUCKIN' RED CARPET BECAUSE YOU'RE LITERALLY B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L!
Here the whole time it´s a good romance, I was so exited when you put it on the goodreads that you were reading this book. I´m so, so happy that you liked this book askajlnsd. I loved all recommendations, and I loved this video. Thanks for that.
Okay... so it can be really boring watching people read, but seeing you read is anything but boring. You emote in such an authentic, and sometimes dramatic way, and seeing your teary eyes when reading Here The Whole Time was the sweetest. Definitely adding this to my TBR.
you had me in the first sentence, not gonna lie but then you were really sweet 🥺 thank you so much for your kind words aha! sharing my reading experience and my reactions is something i've always been keen on doing as i want you to experience it along with me!
I think with tender is the flesh you could also make the parallel to what humans are doing to animals and how we would think about it if we would do the same to humans. - sounds scary
Definitely going to check out The Traveling Cat Chronicles because I love cats and miss having one, don't get me wrong I love dogs too, but I miss the purring of a cat as I relax. I received last month The Lost Village by Camilla Stern or Sten, a translated work. There are a couple of other books on my wishlist that are translated works. I love books so how could I not read a translated book. I don't think I am ready for a book about cannibalism yet, but that book does intrigue me.
If you haven't yet, you should read translated works by Frederick Backman! His Beartown series is one of my favs. Also, after watching this, I really now want to read The Traveling Cat Chronicles! The other book you recommended in another video about cats, If Cats Disappeared From The World, easily made it to my most memorable reads, I'm sure this one won't disappoint too
I havr Klara and the sun on my tbr when I read blurb it gave me massive Detroit Become Human (ps4 game) vibes and I loved the whole premise. Hoping to read it this month.
as a brazilian, i'm happy to see the list ❤️ you will fall in love with our writing !! (it is so common for us to read books translated from English that it took me a while to understand the concept of the video, but I loved it 😘)
i never knew that on the cover for klara and the sun, the sun carries over onto the edges of the book! i told myself i wasn't going to buy any more hardcovers, but i might have to make an exeption
hahahahha the way you know it’s a good romance is if joel just sits there hugging the book when he finishes. yup definitely checking out here the whole time soon😌
this is everything i've ever wanted and more !!!!
🥺🥺 i'm so glad!!
When I just started watching English speaking booktube it was weird for me that people underline the fact that it’s translated, because in Russia, in bookstores for example, approximately 70% of the books are translated and people read more of translated than originally written in Russian
that's so interesting!
In Brazil is the same.
I'm still weirded out to this day about the exact same thing. I come from a small Eastern European country with very little literature so I think I read about 10 non-translated books in my life.
I think that's the case for almost every non-English country. I'm from Luxembourg and although we have three national languages (Luxembourgish, German and French), there is just so much translated media, from books to series to movies because a lot of stuff is originally in English. I am always fascinated by how native English speakers don't think about the fact that the rest of the world consumes their stuff either translated or not in their mothertongue :D
Same in Hungary. This "translated fiction" thing really surprises me. :D
“i don’t think i’d ever be a cannibal but THAT’S JUST ME”
SAFHJSFILHAF I HAD TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE DON'T THINK I'M ARMIE HAMMER OR SOMETHING
@@fictionalfates NOT ARMIE HAMMER 💀💀💀
@@fictionalfates OMFG U DIDNT💀💀😩😳
As someone who lives in non-English-speaking country I feel like I have a different perspective on reading translated fiction, because that's such a huge part of the market here and in fact majority of what I read. It's so commonplace here, and I think that English-speaking countries are hugely missing out on literature precisely because they're so much less used to having translated fiction. So it was great to see you make that effort to go out of the English-language-box a little bit (even though my first reaction to the video title was "groundbreaking... 🙄" 😂)
It's definitely interesting to consider the differences in the prevalence of translated fiction in an english-speaking country and a non-english-speaking country! I feel like there's so much less of an emphasis on translated fiction here in the UK but I want to try and raise awareness of some awesome books that are translated!
That's exactly what I was thinking, I often feel like the native English speakers just don't actively think about what it's like to be a non-native speaker in an English-is-the-international-language-world :D
FYI, Kazuo Ishiguro is British! He was born in Japan but moved to the UK as a small child and identifies as Japanese British.
Yeah!! The UK (or some dystopian version) is often the setting of his novels. His work is not translated!
@@kathrynmccallum2157 as he said already and stuff
Lol . . Good to know . . For your information !! 🤣❤
Whenever Joel says the sentence “I highly recommend you check it out bc I post some extra content that you’re NOT! gonna see here” I say it out loud with him and it makes me quite happy
hehehe i'm so glad you join in 🥺
I love it! It also makes me think of Levar Burton saying “you DON’T have to take my word for it” in Reading Rainbow. Both give me the warm fuzzies. 🥰
Crediting the translators was very cool of you!! They do often go invisible :c It's a thankless job.
I realised as I was getting through the books like "I should be crediting them too because they did an immense amount of work as well!"
I waited all the way until the end to see if he did because I think it must be such a difficult job to capture the beauty and authenticity when it moves across languages, as so many words don’t exist or have slightly different meanings- definitely not a job I could do. I’m so glad he did that at the end too!
**cries in brazilian** i'm so happy you liked here the whole time!! vitor is one of my favorite authors and i'm so excited to see his stories reaching more and more people🤍 we have such incredible books being published here in brazil, i hope more of them get a chance to be translated someday in the near future!
I hope so too! I'd love to read more of Vitor's work because a lot of people have said his writing is just amazing!
Ooh maybe you should recommend some, for when i'm fluent in portuguese lol.
I’m so glad you started to name the cover artists for the books!! As an artist myself, it’s nice to see other artists work be appreciated 💫
i'm so thankful you're glad! it's definitely something i'm keen on continuing!
As someone who reads almost only translated fiction because english is not my first language I feel so happy when booktubers make videos like these! 😊 Translating is sooo undervalued as a job.
Only sometimes the translation is SO bad. I cant read any work translated from english to swedish cause it just looks like someone was too lazy to write good sentences lol
I'm so happy that this video makes you happy and I agree with you that translating is so undervalued by people, it takes so much time and effort to ensure you have the right translations!
“This is my first book about a cannibal” 😂
Damn... i had no idea it was a whole-ass genre
LOL my friend loves reading books about cannibalism so I know of a fair few
My brazilian heart is shining and thriving so much because you've read and liked a Brazilian book 🥰😍♥️
I didn't just like it, i LOVED it!
@@fictionalfates 😍😍😍 there's so much Brazilian literature that is so so good!!!
If you want to try a classic try Memorias Postumas de Bras Cubas (I dont know the translation sorry) and The alchemist is also a hugely known one.
And if you want more asian work try anything by Banana Yoshimoto and Almond! ♥️
YAAAASSSS, I'M SO HAPPY i'm brazilian and Vitor Martins is my favorite author, so when i saw on your goodreads you had read Here the whole time i was sooo exited to see your thoughts about it. Just wanted to say that i love your work and what you're doing with your platform whish you all the best kisses from Brasil🇧🇷🇧🇷
Thank you so much Camilla!! After so many people recommended it to me, I knew that I should give it a shot and it was just such an amazing book 🥺I hope so many people pick it up because it's truly amazing and I hope they translate more of Vitor Martins' books into english!
@@fictionalfates his books are amazing, so happy you liked it🥰
@@fictionalfates I'm pretty sure his second book (that is even better) will be translated soon-ish! He is AMAZING
I cant believe Audible broke their "no booktube sponsorships" rule for you, your power is just that strong
wait they had that rule SFHASDILKFHDFLIHK
it’s always nice to see people who grew up in english speaking countries start reading and sharing translated fiction! it’s definitely a lot of what the rest of the world is reading. as for recommendations for authors to check out, i think there’s always something to be said for fredrik backman! i personally love beartown from him the most. Would also recommend licia troisi for some fantasy, it’s translated from italian, and her’s first trilogy was one i adored when i was in middle school!
I absolutely LOOOVED 'Here The Whole Time'! Ah, I did not think I could love a character more like I did Filipe!
HE IS THE CUTEST BEAN AND I WILL DEFEND HIM
i LOVE the cloud sweater omg
heheh thank you!
as a greek who began reading by reading fiction that has been translated to greek, it's so weird to me that people don't read translated fiction...i keep forgetting it lol
Your reactions are so cute 🥺
I'm so glad you liked "Here the whole time" !! The author is Brazilian (and so am i) and it is amazing for me to see people from other countries getting to know the contemporary literature of my country!
Not me reading almost only translated fiction 🤭 I’m french tho ! That’s not that easy to find YA fantastics books written by french author this days. That’s why I gotta write them ✍🏽🙄
YES, WRITE THEM!!
Your face when you finished Tender is the Flesh is what made us add to TBR immediately! 😲😲
YEEES!! I'm so happy to see you enjoying 'Here the Whole Time'. Brazil representing!
YESSS!!!
Omg Joel is giving us so much this week, I'm just lucky 🥲🥲🥲
heheh, i'm glad you're enjoying!!
crying in brazilian because finally vitor martins is getting the recognition he deserves!! here the whole time is one of my favourite books ever and i love felipe
Hello! I’ll go ahead and recommend 3 books from Latin american authors that I know have translations:
Conversation in the Cathedral by Mario Vargas Llosa (Peru)
Hopscotch by Julio Cortazar (Argentina)
100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Colombia)
100 Years of Solitude is on my list!! I haven't heard of the other two but I'm super excited to see what they're about, thank you!
@@fictionalfates yay! I actually read on goodreads that both Cortazar and Garcia Marquez said that the translations for their respective books were as good, if not better, than their original works. So there you go. 🤗
Hopscotch is a fucking trip btw. Remember those choose your own adventure middle grade books? There’s more than one way to read it id all I’m gonna say 😉 oh and it’s about a writer so... a plus? I guess? Anyways enjoy!
I'm not a cat person but the traveling cat chronicles literally has my whole heart 😽🥺
it has mine too 🥺
🥺🥺 Also you're so wholesome. Appreciate you and your channel so much✨
I was SOBBING so much that I thought people would hear me ugh I couldn't stop crying it is such a beautiful book though.
you seem like the loveliest person ever. a sunshine!
“Here The Whole Time” is one of my favorite books from life. 🥺😭 ❤️ I’m so happy that you loved!!!
The brazilian cover is also beautiful and was made by the author himself (search for Quinze dias! It’s the original title). Vitor also has another book published and I hope that it gets translated into English too (it’s called “Um milhão de finais felizes” and it is another favorite of mine).
Uuh, I'm so happy to hear more about translated works this year & it's so nice that you participate! ☺️
eeee thank you!! i'm definitely keen on reading much more translated works as well!
Literally only five seconds in but already very invested 🤩
we love to see it 🥺
my favourite translated work from last year was kim jiyoung born 1982 and I would highly recommend it! it depicts the lives of several s.korean women both from the past and present in such a unique way and the audiobook is so so good as well!
Ahhh! I read this last year and I loved it too, it was such a unique depiction of the misogyny that South Korean women face and I agree on the audiobook too, it was narrated so well!
As an aspiring translator, thank you for giving translated fiction some attention! Keep it up! Also, it'd be cool if you mentioned the names of the translators when you talked about the books. I like knowing who translated a book, and translators deserve to be recognized!
I do this near the end of the video as I did realise this! I'll opt to also name them as I introduce the books in the future too!
@@fictionalfates sorry, I must have missed that! Yeah, I agree that naming translators as you introduce the books would help! So glad you enjoyed so many of these books.
I'M SO HAPPY YOU ENJOYED HERE THE WHOLE TIME (also I love the Taylor Swift reference in the title)
Yo how am I just seeing this now?? So glad you dug Tender is the Flesh! I’m honestly in love with that book. 😂
I loveeee international reads, so I’m HERE for this 😌🤍
🥺🥺 i love you!!!
Late to the party bit only just realised the toxic waste matched the sprayed edges, that coordination 👌tender is the flesh was a wild ride, the ending was such a smack in the face
I want to read Klara and the Sun. It reminds me of his other book, Never let me go, which I loved. I added the other ones to my reading list! I’m excited!
Ooh, I haven't read NLMG but I've heard good things!!
Never let me go is a great great book. One of my favourite books ever I think. I'm hoping Klara and the sun will give me the same experience
i started watching you today and i’ve got to say ily, you’re one off my new favourite book tubers
omg this honour so quickly? thank you bestie 🥺
This was so great! I have been thinking lately that I need to read more translated fiction. The Travelling Cat Chronicles is one of my favourite books. I am so happy you loved it!
Kazuo Ishiguro wrote my favourite book. Can't wait to get to Klara and the Sun!
Ahhh I hope you enjoy Klara and the Sun!
Love that you always mention who did the cover design of books! Great video :)
Vitor Martins is my favorite YA author, and I couldn't be happier to see more people having access to his work.
Where We Go From Here is another incredible Brazilian ya book that got a translated version.
i've seen a lot of recs for Where We Go From Here so I'm definitely going to be checking that out soon!
Yeah Ishiguro is not a translation. He's British. Interesting fact: Japanese people had no idea who he was til he won the Nobel a few years ago 🤣 they were so mad he won and Murakami didn't. Even now many Japanese people do not know Ishiguro.
I remember reading that when I looked him up after my mistake! It's definitely interesting to see that and especially the news coverage surrounding it
I read a lot of translated fiction. Actually hosting a readathon about books in translation right now! Love seeing people read more translated fiction. Kitchen is a classic. I actually just read it recently.
Ooh, I'm definitely picking up kitchen soon then!
Fellow ADHDer here, I love that you talk ~fast, that way I don’t have to speed up your videos 🙌🏽🥰
Kitchen was the first novel I read entirely in Japanese and wow did it challenge me. I like Banana Yoshimoto among many other translated Japanese authors but I must say it was a game changer to read a book in its creative original form. This was so cool! I too need to read more translated works from places not Japan. Looking currently at works from India and South America.
Ooh I wish you the best of luck!!
*words from sponsor*
“OH! I didn’t see you there I was listening to an audiobook”
Joel you’re such a gem ✨
OMG!!! Noelle’s pendent, the bookshelf and your outfits in this video are giving me life 🙌🏻
this video was so nice to watch as always! 💙 i recommend timeskipper by stefano benni, i read it in its original language aka italian so i can't vouch for the english translation but i know it exists. it's one of my favorite books ever and it means a lot to me ✨
I'm so sad you didn't read kitchen! I love Banana Yoshimoto! You should definitely do a video reading her books, I love kitchen and asleep the most.
yyaaaassss i just found your channel and i am HAPPY about it !!
me hearing the synopsis of tender is the flesh: intrigued
me seeing your faces whilst reading: buying the book and putting it at the top of the tbr pile
LMAOOO
Why am I only coming across your channel now?!! Anyway now that I've found you, gotta go binge watch all your videos. K byeeee
I haven't read any Lazio ishiguro book and that Klara & the sun looks super gorgeous!
Before the coffee goes cold by toshikazu kawaguchi is very good too! Great video ! 💫
Finally someone is talking about The Travelling Cat Chronicles, it’s one of my favourite books of all time and I’ve never heard any booktubers talk about it! 🙌🏼
i'm glad to have read it!!
okay but you were KILLIN’ the jumper game in this video. i loved hearing you talk about all these books and how different each of these books were. the travelling cat chronicles is on the tbr now!
Heheh thank you so much, it is my dream to own a variety of jumpers
your face while reading tender is the flesh was so great. this vlog reminds me to pick up more of the translated fiction i have on my shelves :]
I have Vita Nostra on my TBR list. I believe that is translated. Also I want to read Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon... . Love the choice of books you read here!!
loved seeing japanese authors! woot woot! was so happy to see this pop up right away!
ahhh i'm glad!!!
I read a article where Augustina Bazterrica explains Tender is the Flesh is a commentary on consumerism and capitalism. After reading about how this book came about my mind was blown.
INSTANTLY bought Here the Whole Time per your rec 💛
I'm so excited to see that you read Tender is the Flesh! After I read it I couldn't find anyone else who had and I had MANY thoughts to share and discuss. I'm glad you were able to read it and I loved hearing what you had to say about it!
fantastic vid!! just a suggestion in the future if you are planning on making this a series (I hope you are!) it would be great to name the translator of the book, as you do the cover artist.
I study languages at uni and as someone who has taken several classes on translation, it is such an art, and every translated work is very very individual and personal to the translator themselves - the same work can be translated by different people an infinite amount of times. One aspect of translation theory (bc I am a nerd and enjoy this stuff) is that we aren’t reading the author’s words from the horse’s mouth, but rather the translator’s interpretation of the author, which can be equally as insightful and unique. So i think would be good to give them that recognition in your videos too, as they are much a part of the book as the author or the illustrator :)
much love as always 💘thanks for making my entire Friday
I did note the names of the translators near the end of the video, so I definitely will be keen on continuing it in the future!
@@fictionalfates Ahhh I hadn’t gotten to that bit yet! I see it now. Apologies I am too eager sometimes ashdhahfjak
I really want to read more translated books!! The only ones I've read are translated from german and boy was that a crazy ride
You have a TWICE album!!! I've been binging your videos and I just noticed it haha very cool
I really want to read both Never Let Me Go and now Klara and the Sun. I loved the film adaptation of NLMG
I haven't read NLMG but I've heard resoundingly good things about it!
I LOVE VITOR MARTINS!!!! as brazilian i'm so glad you read this book!!!
the travelling cat chronicles sounds right up my street!! i can't wait to get it 🥰✨
Not you reminding us you'd never be a cannibal 😂
i had to make the point clear 😂
The shadow of the wind is also translated fiction and one of my absolute favorite books!!, Carlos Ruiz Zafon was such an amazing writer, can't wait to hear your thoughts on the live show. Such a great vlog!
Okay, you've convinced me to get Klara and the Sun.
I like the idea of reading a book from a cats perspective, so definitely adding that to my TBR. I love translated fiction so this was a good video for me. Loved it.
I'm new here ( to your channel) but I love everything about it. And friendship goals that you were wearing the necklace that Noelle helped design! 💜
This was such a relaxing video to watch and I'm super super super excited to read Here the Whole Time. I just checked and my library has it! Thanks for the recommendation!
Omg I hope you enjoy it!!
i saw your review of here the whole time on goodreads and i immediately added it to my tbr! a couple of years ago for christmas, i actually gifted my dad the travelling cat chronicles so i might have to borrow that off him to read at some point 👀
I don’t think I /enjoyed/ Tender is the Flesh, but I respect the hell out of it for how effective it is. The horror is in the banality of the cannibalism and people’s willingness to literally dehumanize others rather than make uncomfortable adjustments their lifestyle. The whole time I kept hoping it would be a story of revolution, but I think the story of complicity and the reversion to the familiar was the better choice.
I saw you also mentioned Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto, but didn’t end up reading it for the video. I’d love to see what you think when you get the chance to read it.
I'm definitely planning on reading Kitchen in the future! I just didn't have enough time ahah but I definitely agree with your point - whilst we had hope for humanity, the choice that Marcos makes is one that makes the most sense
We love a stylish, gorgeous king, I gotta admit I was staring at that cloud shirt, it looked SO good on you! Amazing video, as always!
Heheh thank you!! I love the cloud jumper, I know there's a t-shirt variant but I don't trust myself to wear it nicely LOL
@@fictionalfates BRO, YOU COULD WEAR A GARBAGE BAG AND STILL LOOK LIKE YOU'RE READY FOR A FUCKIN' RED CARPET BECAUSE YOU'RE LITERALLY B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L!
@@radiosilence3657 🥺🥺🥺 thank you bestie
I love that you watched Jennifer's Body and Mean girls back to back! Why am I not in that amazing friend group 😭🧡
Great video! The cover designer behind Klara and the Sun is Pete Adlington :-)
omg thank you!
You reading this book was me reading this book 📖 I loved it 😍
Here the whole time it´s a good romance, I was so exited when you put it on the goodreads that you were reading this book. I´m so, so happy that you liked this book askajlnsd. I loved all recommendations, and I loved this video. Thanks for that.
Eeee thank you so much! I'm so glad you enjoyed!
Would be awesome to see a Lord of the Rings-trilogy marathon!
Okay... so it can be really boring watching people read, but seeing you read is anything but boring. You emote in such an authentic, and sometimes dramatic way, and seeing your teary eyes when reading Here The Whole Time was the sweetest. Definitely adding this to my TBR.
you had me in the first sentence, not gonna lie but then you were really sweet 🥺 thank you so much for your kind words aha! sharing my reading experience and my reactions is something i've always been keen on doing as i want you to experience it along with me!
@@fictionalfates It's a beautiful thing to see someone enjoying a book the way you do. Thank you for sharing. :)
Definitely adding the traveling cat chronicles to my TBR
I think with tender is the flesh you could also make the parallel to what humans are doing to animals and how we would think about it if we would do the same to humans. - sounds scary
Definitely going to check out The Traveling Cat Chronicles because I love cats and miss having one, don't get me wrong I love dogs too, but I miss the purring of a cat as I relax.
I received last month The Lost Village by Camilla Stern or Sten, a translated work. There are a couple of other books on my wishlist that are translated works. I love books so how could I not read a translated book.
I don't think I am ready for a book about cannibalism yet, but that book does intrigue me.
If you haven't yet, you should read translated works by Frederick Backman! His Beartown series is one of my favs. Also, after watching this, I really now want to read The Traveling Cat Chronicles! The other book you recommended in another video about cats, If Cats Disappeared From The World, easily made it to my most memorable reads, I'm sure this one won't disappoint too
Here the Whole Time is so so good!
I havr Klara and the sun on my tbr when I read blurb it gave me massive Detroit Become Human (ps4 game) vibes and I loved the whole premise. Hoping to read it this month.
I don't need to add more books to my huge TBR list but now I want to read Here the whole time and The travelling cat chronicles 😅
*whispers* add them
as a brazilian, i'm happy to see the list ❤️ you will fall in love with our writing !!
(it is so common for us to read books translated from English that it took me a while to understand the concept of the video, but I loved it 😘)
oouu lookie more goodies to add to the list I'm falling into a slump this month.April usually rough month but you make these books sound interesting
i hope you're able to get out of your slump!
i never knew that on the cover for klara and the sun, the sun carries over onto the edges of the book! i told myself i wasn't going to buy any more hardcovers, but i might have to make an exeption
hehe this is the waterstones exclusive edition, if you were wondering about the specific edition!
I'm really loving The shadow of the wind
Brilliant video!
The intro!!! Joel!!
hahahahha the way you know it’s a good romance is if joel just sits there hugging the book when he finishes. yup definitely checking out here the whole time soon😌
heheh there will be two reasons why i hug a book, 1 - if it's a good romance or 2 - if the book destroyed me, HTWT was luckily the first one 😂
I loooooooved here the whole time and haven’t heard anyone talk about it!
we need to get more people to read it
I would recommend that you read " THE GOD OF SMALL THINGS" By Arundati Roy.It made my cry 😭😭so much 🥺.. Man booker prize on 1997
Ooh, thank you for the rec!
I loved this video and added a few of these to my tbr.
ahhh i'm glad!!
Wish I'd been aware a week ago to recommend The Remembrance of Earths Past trilogy by Cixin Liu (and translated by Ken Liu)