Open Thread: Books in Translation?

What’s Your Favorite Book in Translation? Your Most Recent?

Last October I was in Cleveland, Ohio, and scoped out a bookstore within walking distance of our hotel. It’s called Clevo. Every book in stock? Translated from one of many, many different languages—everything from Albanian to Zulu. I walked out with Mina’s Matchbox by Yoko Ogawa (translated from Japanese by Stephen B. Snyder) and Foolsburg by Mikhail Sa…