Stu (winstonsdad)
@stujallen.bsky.social
World lit blogger have blogged for last 16 years at my blog https://winstonsdad.wordpress.com huge translated fiction fan available to review all fiction in translation I’ve reviewed 1500 books
Just finished just started #translationthurs a Grass I hadn't been aware of that is unusual and Kluge on war is just going be amazing like all his books
November 6, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Just finished just started #translationthurs a Grass I hadn't been aware of that is unusual and Kluge on war is just going be amazing like all his books
Arrival today is Italian old and new
October 30, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Arrival today is Italian old and new
Started this today a change of book I worry about the decline in reading
October 29, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Started this today a change of book I worry about the decline in reading
Weekend reading 1930s America and Victorian Portuguese novella
October 12, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Weekend reading 1930s America and Victorian Portuguese novella
It's #translationthurs what have you been reading from around the world
October 2, 2025 at 7:54 AM
It's #translationthurs what have you been reading from around the world
This mornings read
October 2, 2025 at 7:53 AM
This mornings read
Just finished this modern classic from Finland of a fifties childhood and still reading a novel from Palestine and short stories from Iceland
September 12, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Just finished this modern classic from Finland of a fifties childhood and still reading a novel from Palestine and short stories from Iceland
My reads for woman in translation month
August 3, 2025 at 2:59 PM
My reads for woman in translation month
Some more booker arrivals today I not sure which get yo next todn between love forms and endlings
July 30, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Some more booker arrivals today I not sure which get yo next todn between love forms and endlings
Will finish this modern German classic today
July 22, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Will finish this modern German classic today
Last months reading
July 1, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Last months reading
Morning all its that time of week when I ask what yougebeen reading from around the world this week #translationthurs
June 26, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Morning all its that time of week when I ask what yougebeen reading from around the world this week #translationthurs
Morning all its that time of week when I ask what yougebeen reading from around the world this week #translationthurs
June 19, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Morning all its that time of week when I ask what yougebeen reading from around the world this week #translationthurs
Today's finds in Matlock Oxfam the richaud new time but Bray is a great translator and she translated the book Murnane I need to read and the Guterson I loved snow falling on cedars years ago so
Maybe time for another from him
Maybe time for another from him
June 14, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Today's finds in Matlock Oxfam the richaud new time but Bray is a great translator and she translated the book Murnane I need to read and the Guterson I loved snow falling on cedars years ago so
Maybe time for another from him
Maybe time for another from him
My #translationthurs read is this epic Chinese novel of a small town in The Chinese hinterland
June 12, 2025 at 5:36 AM
My #translationthurs read is this epic Chinese novel of a small town in The Chinese hinterland
It’s this time of the week when I ask what you’ve all been reading from around the world ? #translationthurs
June 12, 2025 at 5:34 AM
It’s this time of the week when I ask what you’ve all been reading from around the world ? #translationthurs
Just finished and just finishing
June 9, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Just finished and just finishing
My just read the Gregor Hens his meditation on the modern city from @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social and then to a small Italian seaside village from @foundryeditions.bsky.social
June 5, 2025 at 7:31 AM
My just read the Gregor Hens his meditation on the modern city from @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social and then to a small Italian seaside village from @foundryeditions.bsky.social
Morning its that time of week when I askwhat you've been reading from around the world #translationthurs
June 5, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Morning its that time of week when I askwhat you've been reading from around the world #translationthurs
Loving this by Gregor Hens about cities and how they've been shaped by us
June 4, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Loving this by Gregor Hens about cities and how they've been shaped by us
Today's read is this classic if Serbian fiction
June 1, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Today's read is this classic if Serbian fiction
Just arrived this epic from @sinoistbooks.bsky.social a tale of a small village and how it copes when its ceramic factory slows down its production
June 1, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Just arrived this epic from @sinoistbooks.bsky.social a tale of a small village and how it copes when its ceramic factory slows down its production
Morning all its that time of week where we talk about what we've been reading from around the world #translationthurs
May 29, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Morning all its that time of week where we talk about what we've been reading from around the world #translationthurs
Arrived today this collection of stories around Venice
May 28, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Arrived today this collection of stories around Venice