I would like to suggest two translations from Marathi I recently heard about. I have read the originals in Marathi and loved them both for different reasons. I have heard that the quality of translations (both by Jerry Pinto) is high:
Cobalt Blue by Sachin Kundalkar (https://www.amazon.in/Cobalt-Blue-Sachin-Pinto-Kundalkar/dp/0670086843) Baluta by Daya Pawar (https://www.amazon.in/Baluta-Daya-Pawar-ebook/dp/B0106UIUEG) -Jiten On Thu, Mar 3, 2022 at 9:41 PM Alok Prasanna Kumar via Silklist <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ooh for Malayalam - Randamoozham translated as Bhima: Lone Warrior by Gita > Krishnankutty. Also Aadujeevitham by Benyaman translated as "Goat Days". > From Bengali, Manoranjan Byapari's "Interrogating My Chandal Life" (his > autobiography tr by Sipra Mukherjee) and "There's Gunpowder in the Air" (tr > Arunava Sinha) > There's of course a tonne of Premchand and Manto's stuffs to read from > Hindi/Urdu/Hindustani (pick as per political preference) but personally I > recommend "Curfew in the City" by VN Rai (tr CM Naim). It's fiction but it's > so close to fact that you'd think you're walking through an actual riot hit > city and talking to its inhabitants. > > On Thu, Mar 3, 2022 at 8:45 PM Thaths via Silklist > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Thu, Mar 3, 2022 at 6:38 AM Venkatesh H R via Silklist >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Thaths’ previous thread made me think: I would very much like to read at >>> least one translated book from each Indian language that has a written >>> literature. >>> >>> Can you give me a list of books to read, along with the languages + >>> translated versions? Either fiction and non fiction will do. >> >> >> +1. Good idea! I am usually wary of books translated from Indian languages >> into English because, in my experience, the quality of translation was >> lacking. But I have read some really good translations recently and I >> believe the trend is changing for the better. >> >> Two books come to mind for me: >> >> 1. The Eighteenth Parallel by Asokamitran (translated from Tamil) >> >> 2. Ghachar Ghochar by Vivek Shanbhag (translated from Kannada by Srinath >> Perur) >> >> The Sahitya Akademy's list of award winners (if you can find those books in >> translation) is also a good place to begin. >> >> Thaths >> -- >> Homer: Hey, what does this job pay? >> Carl: Nuthin'. >> Homer: D'oh! >> Carl: Unless you're crooked. >> Homer: Woo-hoo! >> _______________________________________________ >> Silklist mailing list >> Manage your membership here: >> https://lists.digeratus.in/postorius/lists/silklist.lists.digeratus.in/ > > > > -- > Alok Prasanna Kumar > Advocate > Ph: +919560065577 > _______________________________________________ > Silklist mailing list > Manage your membership here: > https://lists.digeratus.in/postorius/lists/silklist.lists.digeratus.in/ _______________________________________________ Silklist mailing list Manage your membership here: https://lists.digeratus.in/postorius/lists/silklist.lists.digeratus.in/
