Tony
@tony_malone
Championing the wonders of translated fiction, one review at a time. Slightly older and more haggard than the photos suggest. Bitter at most things, really.
For everything to do with my latest translation, my #GermanLitMonth serialisation of Eduard Graf von Keyserling's 'On Southern Slopes' ('Am Südhang'), just follow the link :) tonysreadinglist.wordpress.com/category/on-so…
Dads are Superheroes- A Thread🧵 1 ) Dads are always there in every situation❤️🥹
My latest review looks at Elizabeth von Arnim's 'The Enchanted April', a tale of four women, strangers at the start, enjoying a month in a castle, and in the Italian sun :) tonysreadinglist.wordpress.com/2025/07/28/the…
ICYMI: Here's the second part of my look at 'Suma', Chapter 12 of 'The Tale of Genji' (my last one until September!). tonysreadinglist.wordpress.com/2025/07/25/the…
He left his home in Kyoto, headed for Suma Bay... Join Genji in sittin' on the dock of the bay, wastin' time (even if the tide is doing anything but rollin' away!): tonysreadinglist.wordpress.com/2025/07/25/the…
ICYMI: the first of my two posts on Chapter 12 of 'The Tale of Genji', with our friend making preparations for what might prove to be a one-way trip to Suma... tonysreadinglist.wordpress.com/2025/07/24/the…
Love's sweet exile, with Genji getting ready to hit the road - part one of my take on Chapter 12 of 'The Tale of Genji, 'Suma': tonysreadinglist.wordpress.com/2025/07/24/the…
Today on the blog, a look at Virginia Woolf's final novel 'Between the Acts', one summer day in an English garden... tonysreadinglist.wordpress.com/2025/07/21/bet…
A slightly different slant on my Genji adventures today, as I review Patrick W. Caddeau's 'Appraising Genji', a look at what nineteenth-century literatus Hiromichi Hagiwara contributed to Genji commentary :) tonysreadinglist.wordpress.com/2025/07/17/app…
Taking a hat-trick and not getting to keep the match ball is peak Boland areas
ICYMI: my latest review looks at Han Kang's 'We Do Not Part' (translated by e. yaewon and Paige Aniyah Morris): tonysreadinglist.wordpress.com/2025/07/14/we-…
I actually read this one a few months back, but my first read was all for me! Now, after a reread, I'm ready to share my thoughts with others, and as you'll see, perhaps it was for the best that I kept them to myself until after the second try... tonysreadinglist.wordpress.com/2025/07/14/we-…
Fancy a mini-Genji-translation-slam? Of course you do ;) Three writers, one paragraph from 'Hanchirusato' - who does it best? tonysreadinglist.wordpress.com/2025/07/11/the…
The latest stop on my chapter-by-chapter stroll through 'The Tale of Genji' sees us making a house visit on two sisters, in 'Hanachirusato' - a short chapter, unlike my post... tonysreadinglist.wordpress.com/2025/07/10/the…
ICYMI: my look at Domenico Starnone's 'Trust' (translated by Jhumpa Lahiri, published by @EuropaEditions): tonysreadinglist.wordpress.com/2025/07/07/tru…
Today on the blog, I take a look at Domenico Starnone's 'Trust' (translated by Jhumpa Lahiri, courtesy of @EuropaEdUK), the story of a woman, a man and a dark secret overshadowing his life... tonysreadinglist.wordpress.com/2025/07/07/tru…
On my blog today, I spend some happy time with a wonderful collection of summer crime short stories from @BL_Publishing - Cyanide in the Sun! More here: kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2025/07/07/how…
Thursday night's all right for fighting - especially if it's with swords... Take a look at my latest review, of Shūhei Fujisawa’s classic samurai novel 'Semishigure' (translated by Thomas Harper, courtesy of @honfordstar): tonysreadinglist.wordpress.com/2025/07/03/sem…
The latest monthly wrap-up post is now out, with all the stats and reviews from the month of June :) tonysreadinglist.wordpress.com/2025/07/02/jun…