I enjoy challenging myself sometimes to try and read or follow other media in other languages besides English, and although I could skim over bestselling or top/best of lists in other languages, if those are anything like their English contemporaries, I imagine odds are they don’t catch some of the lesser known yet still enjoyable works.

So, what are some works in your native language that haven’t been translated to English that you’d recommend? Also if it’s not clear by the title, could you mention the language it’s in?

  • dustyData@lemmy.world
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    Anything by Gabriel García Márquez. Creepy haunting tales, dramatic epics, magical settings. Also, read Jorge Luis Borges, some of the most creative and mind twisting short tales and narratives. “Casas muertas” by Miguel Otero Silva beautifully narrates the curse of oil in Venezuelan society and the mar left by imperialism in Latin American societies. Isabel Allende takes your breath away. And of course any short tale by Julio Cortázar.

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      Ah, I think I’d heard of (and may have one of the works of) the first author you mention, and the second sounds kinda familiar. Last few I don’t think I knew of, so appreciate the range of suggestions!