What are some of the best translated fiction books you've read?
Could be translated from english to another language you speak or translate to english from another language
Could be translated from english to another language you speak or translate to english from another language
La Disparition by George Perec in French, translated to English as A Void. Neither version uses the letter 'e'. I think the French original is better since the translator had to cheat a bit with the numbers (5 and 26 appear frequently for self-referential reasons, and when spelled in French don't use e, but are translated as numerals.) but was still impressed. I read the side-by-side translated version, although I'm only marginally literate in French.