![]() ![]() Sventon is a very quirky, cream-bun devouring, flying-carpet riding, private detective with an inconsistent lisp (he can’t pronounce his own name, which is Sam Svenson). Tam Sventon, Private Detective by Åke Holmberg. Amazing!Įrik Kastner’s The 35th of May, or Conrad’s Ride to the South Seas. They gripped myself, my husband and my two teenagers to the extent that we were fighting over who got to read the second part of the tale when it was published. ![]() Vango and Vango: Between Sky and Earth by Timothee de Flombelle are the most incredibly captivating romps I’ve ever read. Email us and tell us! Or you can Tweet us, Your recommendations: So what are your favourites? We want to know! We want you to tell us which translated books you love and recommend to others. The first thing to say is that you might not even be aware that some of your favourite books, even some absolute classics, are actually translated fiction at all!įrom the Moomins to Pippi Longstocking to Tintin, all these books were written in another language and then translated into English, by hugely talented translators who bring their own ideas and poetry to the text – and sometimes even make the translated version better than the original. ![]()
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