The Question of Red

For Jan #roll100 @PuddleJumper my books are:
44: The Question of Red (tagged, on Kindle)
84: Finding Mrs. Ford by Deborah Goodrich Royce (audio)
96: A Twist in Time by Julie McElwain (print or Kindle)

PuddleJumper Interesting choices! 2y

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cherinium

The Question of Red | Laksmi Pamuntjak

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I've seen others make comments about problems with the translation. I can't say there was anything in this regard that really stuck out to me. I know nothing about the politics, history, or mythology of Indonesia, so I'm sure I do not fully appreciate the political statement the author may be trying to convey. With that said, I did enjoy this historical fiction work and am interested in learning more.
#Booked2020 #PanAsianAuthor

cherinium @4thhouseontheleft @Cinfhen @BarbaraTheBibliophage 4y

BarbaraTheBibliophage Sounds an intriguing choice! 4y

Cinfhen Great review!!! 4y

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Cinfhen Don‘t forget you have until Friday to post a quarterly wrap up on all the prompts you read this quarter for #Booked2020 🥳 4y

cherinium @Cinfhen Thanks! I'm on it! 4y

Cinfhen No rush 😉❣️📚 4y

cherinium @BarbaraTheBibliophage I picked it up a couple years ago through Amazon's #ReadTheWorld promotion. I'm desperately trying to meet my challenge prompts with the books I already own, so this one definitely fit the bill. 4y

BarbaraTheBibliophage Well, whatddya know ... I picked it up at the same time! 🤪🤣🤪🤣 I try to #readmyowndamnbooks as much as possible too. 4y

cherinium I'm sure it is languishing on many a kindle. 😂 4y

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cherinium

The Question of Red | Laksmi Pamuntjak

This, from a translated work. As a monolingual reader, I have often thought about this while reading translated works. The only book I have ever successfully read in its original language is The Little Prince, but that was years ago. I'm sure I couldn't do it today. 😥

How many languages are YOU able to read? ❓❓❓❓❓

thegirlwiththelibrarybag Just English - I did a few years of French in high school but I‘m not fluent enough to do more than successfully find my way around the Louvre. 5y

Scochrane26 In French class, we read The Stranger and Little Prince, but I can‘t read in French now. 5y

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Deblovestoread

The Question of Red | Laksmi Pamuntjak

This has been a current read for a while now. It is my Q #LitsyAtoZ pick but I am struggling. #30Junebooks

@howjessreads

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BeansPage

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All technicalities aside this book was a great read. One that I would definitely recommend to anyone who can get past the choppy writing style of the translated work.

Please read my full review here:
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8little_paws I ultimately liked this as well. I suspect the translation did not do it justice. 6y

BeansPage @8little_paws I suspect the same. But overall it was a very good read. 6y

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8little_paws

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So, this is one of those multi decade books. The 1960s section was really interesting but the modern stuff i'm not convinced worked. But there's a really interesting story about political unrest in Indonesia here, and worth a look. It took me a while to get into it but i'm glad I didn't DNF.

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bookandbedandtea

The Question of Red | Laksmi Pamuntjak

bailed

I've tried and tried, I've gotten a little over halfway, and these characters are just annoying me now. I can't any more.

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prowlix

The Question of Red | Laksmi Pamuntjak

Passing on some interesting news! Amazon has 9 free ebooks in translation you can get thru 4/23. They all look really interesting but I haven‘t heard of any of them?

https://www.amazon.com/article/read-the-world/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&linkCode=s...

cathysaid Thanks! I'm passing this along as well. I've read one of them and highly recommend it.