Also, I liked Cronache del Mondo Emerso (Licia Troisi - Cronache was my favorite, but she wrote so many books after that trilogy, but the Mondo Emerso saga and not, a lot of which are not exactly my favorite books, but still cute enough).I read them! (in German, of course, since that was what was in our library, and of course the titles were completely different from the original...)
Uh, I don't know if they've been translated to English, but the Hyperversum series by Cecilia Randall is nice. Also, I liked Cronache del Mondo Emerso (Licia Troisi - Cronache was my favorite, but she wrote so many books after that trilogy, but the Mondo Emerso saga and not, a lot of which are not exactly my favorite books, but still cute enough).
Oh, and I don't really know if anyone's interested in Albanian books, but as a child I used to love Odhise Grillo's books, and there's also the ever-intramontable classic "çufo" by someone who I can't remember. Everyone in Albania knows çufo (it's a name, but the keyboard doesn't let me capitalize the 'ç'). It's a children's story, but it's really, really lovely.
A really good German book that has also been published in English is Die Bücherdiebin( the Book Thief) by Marcus Zusak. A movie was also made, which I would presume is available in German.
All the deities bless the forum restructuring! I had no idea this thread existed and I've been wanting it since I've learned that the language barrier is a thing!I'm very glad that you like this! There are so many fascinating topics on the Forum... I'm sure we will find many more. :)
For those of you who speak Polish (which is probably none of you), I'd love to recommend the fantasy series Anielskie Zastępy (Angelic Hosts) by Maja Lidia Kossakowska. It's one of my favorite book series of all time, written by one of my favorite authors, and not being able to share it with everyone is really frustrating. The first book is titled Siewca Wiatru (The Sower of Wind) and the rest you can find from there, I guess.Spoiler: plot summary • show
Sorry for the garbage quality of the post, but unfortunately I'm too excited to care to fix it.
All the deities bless the forum restructuring! I had no idea this thread existed and I've been wanting it since I've learned that the language barrier is a thing!
For those of you who speak Polish (which is probably none of you), I'd love to recommend the fantasy series Anielskie Zastępy (Angelic Hosts) by Maja Lidia Kossakowska. It's one of my favorite book series of all time, written by one of my favorite authors, and not being able to share it with everyone is really frustrating. The first book is titled Siewca Wiatru (The Sower of Wind) and the rest you can find from there, I guess.Spoiler: plot summary • show
Sorry for the garbage quality of the post, but unfortunately I'm too excited to care to fix it.
Thea Beckman's Kruistocht in Spijkerbroek (Crusade in Jeans) is a lauded Dutch children's novel and also a book close to my own heart, about a teenager named Rudolf who gets sent to the Middle Ages through a time machine and gets stranded there. He then gets involved in the Children's Crusade of 1212, together with Leonardo Fibonacci whom he saves from a group of highwaymen and who becomes a trusted companion to Rudolf. The majority of the book is about Rudolf travelling alongside the crusade, making great use of his modern-day knowledge to improve the miserable travel conditions, but also learning to adapt to the medieval world.Fun fact, Crusade in Jeans has a Polish translation. I haven't read it, though, I just recognize the title.
It does have an English translation, but I'm not sure about the quality of it. I'm very fond of the writing in Dutch at least, as it always felt very sophisticated for something that is considered a children's novel. De Brief voor de Koning (The Letter for the King) by Tonke Dragt is also set in a medieval world and also very lovely in my memory, though I don't actually own that one so I don't remember exactly how it went.