Best Foreign Work of Fiction Chosen by Francophone Writers
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About this list
French literary magazine Transfuge, 132 Books
The French literary magazine Transfuge asked a group of francophone writers to pick their best foreign work of fiction.
The authors polled are: Pierre Assouline, Frédéric Beigbeder, Nina Bouraoui, Michel Butor, Eric Chevillard, Claro, Charles Dantzig, Jacques Darras, Florence Delay, Jean-Paul Dubois, Eric Faye, Alain Finkielkraut, Eric Fottorino, Jérôme Garcin, Régis Jauffret, Jacques Julliard, Philippe Labro, Linda Lê, Gilles Lipovetsky, Richard Morgiève, Marie Ndiaye, Claude Pirotte, Lydie Salvayre, Jean-François Sirinelli, Alain-Gérard Slama, Phillipe Sollers, Tzvetan Todorov, Michel Tournier
This list was originally published in 2006 and was added to this site over 2 years ago.
| Rank | Book | Authors | Year | Country | Language | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3563 | The Return Of The Caravels | António Lobo Antunes | 1988 | Portuguese | Portuguese | |
| 354 | The Savage Detectives | Roberto Bolaño | 1998 | Chilean | Spanish | |
| 370 | History of My Life | Giacomo Casanova | 1822 | Italian | French | |
| 130 | The Tale of Genji | Murasaki Shikibu | 1001 | Japanese | Classical japanese | |
| 1028 | The Temple of the Golden Pavilion | Yukio Mishima | 1956 | Japanese | Japanese | |
| 101 | The Unbearable Lightness of Being | Milan Kundera | 1984 | Czech | Czech | |
| 6724 | The Women On The Island | Ho Ahn Thai | 1991 | Vietnamese | Vietnamese | |
| 1129 | Too Loud A Solitude | Bohumil Hrabal | 1976 | Czech | Czech | |
| 367 | Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus | Ludwig Wittgenstein | 1921 | Austrian | German | |
| 6637 | Tratado das Paixões da Alma | António Lobo Antunes | 1990 | Portuguese | Portuguese | |
| 52 | The Life And Opinions Of Tristram Shandy | Laurence Sterne | 1759 | British | English | |
| 185 | U.S.A. Trilogy | John Dos Passos | 1930 | American | English |