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message 1: by Maria (last edited Dec 30, 2019 09:20AM) (new)

Maria | 255 comments I'm going to aim high and go for 26 books.

As for the rules and how I'm going to interpret them for my own challenge: I'm Norwegian, so I'll be reading books that have been translated into Norwegian. However, since I'm a language nerd, I will most likely prefer to read the book in the original language whenever I can, and when I can't, I may choose to read another translation than the Norwegian one. I hope all this is in the spirit of the challenge.

I'm planning to start off the new year by reading one of the books of the month, Pilatus (Iza's Ballad).


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Maria | 255 comments #1 Hungarian: Pilatus


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Maria | 255 comments #2 Russian: En ung leges opptegnelser by Mikhail Bulgakov, in Norwegian translation


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Maria | 255 comments #3 English: The Golden House by Salman Rushdie, read in the original, Norwegian translation Det gyldne hus


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Maria | 255 comments #4 Swedish: Montecore: En unik tiger read in the original Swedish (Norwegian translation with the same title)


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Maria | 255 comments #5 French: Petit pays (Norwegian: Lille land, English: Small Country), and also Pas pleurer (Norwegian: Ikke gråte, English: Cry, Mother Spain), both read in the original


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Maria | 255 comments #6 Polish: Quo Vadis, read in French


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Maria | 255 comments #7 Danish: Kastanjemanden, listened to audiobook in Danish original, Norwegian title: Kastanjemannen, English title: The Chestnut Man


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Maria | 255 comments #8 German: Tyll by Daniel Kehlmann, read in Norwegian translation (same title in both languages)


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Maria | 255 comments #9 Italian: Historia om det tapte barnet by Elena Ferrante, last book of the Naples quartet, on audio in Norwegian translation


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Maria | 255 comments #10 Greek: Kong Oidipus by Sophocles, read in Norwegian translation


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Maria | 255 comments #11 Arabic: Season of Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih, read in English translation


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Maria | 255 comments #12 Japanese: Døgnåpent by Sakaya Murata, read in Norwegian


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Maria | 255 comments #13 Icelandic: Njal's Saga, read in Norwegian


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Maria | 255 comments #14 Spanish: Don Quijote de la Mancha, read in Norwegian


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Maria | 255 comments #15 Turkish: Felâtun bey og Râkim efendi, read in Norwegian


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Maria | 255 comments #16 Portuguese: O Alquimista, read in the original Portuguese


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Maria | 255 comments #17 Chinese: The Three-Body Problem, read in English


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