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FROM: Jean Langlais <[removed]@linc.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 6/17/03, 1:52 PM

Recently read Henning Mankell's One Step Behind, discovering a whole series
of great mysteries. Made me think of doing a display on mysteries in
translation. Not sure we have enough mysteries in that category, though.
Besides Mankell, there's Batya, Camilleri, Baantjier, Arjouni, Ekman,
Perez-Reverte, Sjowall, Skvorecky, Taibo and Tursten. Can anyone think of
anyone else? Has anyone done anything like this before? If so, what kind of
response did you get?

Jean Langlais
Outreach Services
St. Charles (IL) Public Library

"Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another
mind." - James Russell Lowell

FROM: Viccy Kemp <[removed]@cityofcarrollton.com>
REC'D: 6/17/03, 2:14 PM

Donna Leon
Umberto Eco
Torber Nielsen
Poul Orum
Jan Willem van de Wetering
Xialong Qui
Peter Hoeg
I've never done a display of this type, but I am doing a program entitled
"Beyond the Brits" for our patrons in July. I'll let you know how it goes.
HTH
Viccy Kemp
The opinions are my own; the library wouldn't want 'em!

-----Original Message-----
From: Jean Langlais [[removed]@linc.lib.il.us]
Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 1:49 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: mysteries in translation

Recently read Henning Mankell's One Step Behind, discovering a whole series
of great mysteries. Made me think of doing a display on mysteries in
translation. Not sure we have enough mysteries in that category, though.
Besides Mankell, there's Batya, Camilleri, Baantjier, Arjouni, Ekman,
Perez-Reverte, Sjowall, Skvorecky, Taibo and Tursten. Can anyone think of
anyone else? Has anyone done anything like this before? If so, what kind of
response did you get?

Jean Langlais
Outreach Services
St. Charles (IL) Public Library

"Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another
mind." - James Russell Lowell

FROM: Alisa Alering <[removed]@indiana.edu>
REC'D: 6/17/03, 2:44 PM

George Simeonon's classic Maigret books would qualify.

As would Akimitsu Takagi's "Honeymoon to Nowhere", "The Informer" &
"The Tattoo Murder Case"
Also, Miyuki Miyabe's "All She Was Worth". Both are Japanese.

Soho press has a "Soho Crime" series which features foreign authors and
settings like Takagi, van de Wetering, Qiu Xiaolong and others
mentioned in this thread. Check out the backlist (organized by country)
at http://www.sohopress.com/sohocrime.html

Alisa Alering
MLS student

FROM: "McCabe, Deborah" <[removed]@uwsp.edu>
REC'D: 6/17/03, 3:07 PM

The Kurt Wallander mysteries by Henning Mankell have been translated from the Swedish.

Deborah M. McCabe, Assistant Director
Portage County Public Library
1001 Main Street, Stevens Point, WI 54481
715-346-1296
http://library.uwsp.edu/pcl/

FROM: Mary Cella <[removed]@linc.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 6/17/03, 3:13 PM

Dear Jean, I have never done a display like this ...........but it sounds
very interesting.
MaryAt 01:49 PM 6/17/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>Recently read Henning Mankell's One Step Behind, discovering a whole series
>of great mysteries. Made me think of doing a display on mysteries in
>translation. Not sure we have enough mysteries in that category, though.
>Besides Mankell, there's Batya, Camilleri, Baantjier, Arjouni, Ekman,
>Perez-Reverte, Sjowall, Skvorecky, Taibo and Tursten. Can anyone think of
>anyone else? Has anyone done anything like this before? If so, what kind of
>response did you get?
>
>Jean Langlais
>Outreach Services
>St. Charles (IL) Public Library
>
>"Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another
>mind." - James Russell Lowell
>
>
>......................................................................
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FROM: Ellen Olson <[removed]@rockford.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 6/17/03, 4:37 PM

Death from the Woods by Brigitte Aubert is terrific.
Ellen Olson
Rockford Public Library
Rockford IL

-----Original Message-----
From: Jean Langlais
To: Fiction_L
Sent: 6/17/2003 1:49 PM
Subject: mysteries in translation

Recently read Henning Mankell's One Step Behind, discovering a whole
series
of great mysteries. Made me think of doing a display on mysteries in
translation. Not sure we have enough mysteries in that category, though.

Besides Mankell, there's Batya, Camilleri, Baantjier, Arjouni, Ekman,
Perez-Reverte, Sjowall, Skvorecky, Taibo and Tursten. Can anyone think
of
anyone else? Has anyone done anything like this before? If so, what kind
of
response did you get?

Jean Langlais
Outreach Services
St. Charles (IL) Public Library

"Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to
another
mind." - James Russell Lowell

FROM: "Sarah Herlache" <[removed]@glendaleaz.com>
REC'D: 6/17/03, 4:44 PM

.. But I thought the second novel in the series, Death from the Snows, was just plain bizarre, and didn't measure up to Death from the Woods at all.

Sarah Herlache
Foothills Library
Glendale, Arizona

>>> [removed]@rockford.lib.il.us 06/17/03 14:34 PM >>>
Death from the Woods by Brigitte Aubert is terrific.
Ellen Olson
Rockford Public Library
Rockford IL

-----Original Message-----
From: Jean Langlais
To: Fiction_L
Sent: 6/17/2003 1:49 PM
Subject: mysteries in translation

Recently read Henning Mankell's One Step Behind, discovering a whole
series
of great mysteries. Made me think of doing a display on mysteries in
translation. Not sure we have enough mysteries in that category, though.

Besides Mankell, there's Batya, Camilleri, Baantjier, Arjouni, Ekman,
Perez-Reverte, Sjowall, Skvorecky, Taibo and Tursten. Can anyone think
of
anyone else? Has anyone done anything like this before? If so, what kind
of
response did you get?

Jean Langlais
Outreach Services
St. Charles (IL) Public Library

"Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to
another
mind." - James Russell Lowell

FROM: "BookBitch" <[removed]@yahoo.com>
REC'D: 6/17/03, 7:24 PM

Qui Xiaolong, translated from Chinese:
Death of a Red Heroine
A Loyal Character Dancer

Hope this helps,
Stacy

Stacy Alesi
Southwest County Regional Library
Boca Raton, Florida
www.pbclibrary.org

I am the BookBitch
www.bookbitch.com <http://www.bookbitch.com/>
BLOOD IS THE SKY * A CRUEL SEASON FOR DYING
Two ways to win * June 1-30, 2003

FROM: "christine jeffords" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 6/18/03, 7:33 AM

>From: Jean Langlais <[removed]@linc.lib.il.us>
>Reply-To: "Fiction_L" <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
>To: Fiction_L <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
>Subject: mysteries in translation
>Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 13:49:17 -0500
>
>Recently read Henning Mankell's One Step Behind, discovering a whole series
>of great mysteries. Made me think of doing a display on mysteries in
>translation. Not sure we have enough mysteries in that category, though.
>Besides Mankell, there's Batya, Camilleri, Baantjier, Arjouni, Ekman,
>Perez-Reverte, Sjowall, Skvorecky, Taibo and Tursten. Can anyone think of
>anyone else?

Georges Simenon!

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