Novels featuring language professionals

Descrição
Novels featuring language professionals: linguists, translators, interpreters, language teachers, etc.
1
That Hideous Strength
de C. S. Lewis
8,293 membros
88 resenhas
3.8
4 Members
cpg, spiphany, cej1027, ahef1963
2
Native Tongue
de Suzette Haden Elgin
1,122 membros
30 resenhas
3.8
4 Members
aulsmith, sturlington, Dilara86, spiphany
Explicações
Dilara86: Centers on a "clan" of linguists and interpreters
3
Perelandra
de C. S. Lewis
8,821 membros
106 resenhas
3.8
3 Members
cpg, cej1027, ahef1963
4
Portuguese Irregular Verbs
de Alexander McCall Smith
1,450 membros
51 resenhas
½ 3.4
4 Members
Dilara86, spiphany, JuliaMaria, ahef1963
5
Out of the Silent Planet
de C. S. Lewis
11,024 membros
163 resenhas
3.8
3 Members
cpg, cej1027, ahef1963
6
Perlmann's Silence
de Pascal Mercier
325 membros
19 resenhas
½ 3.6
3 Members
spiphany, JuliaMaria, bluepiano
7
Babel-17
de Samuel R. Delany
2,645 membros
84 resenhas
½ 3.7
3 Members
sturlington, spiphany, ManWithAnAgenda
8
A Heart So White
de Javier Marías
1,963 membros
57 resenhas
4.1
3 Members
thorold, Dilara86, spiphany
Explicações
thorold: Narrator is an interpreter; lots of philosophical speculation about how meaning is tied to language.
9
The Sparrow
de Mary Doria Russell
7,716 membros
406 resenhas
4.1
3 Members
sturlington, Dilara86, spiphany
Explicações
Dilara86: Main character is a linguist
10
The Jane Austen Book Club
de Karen Joy Fowler
6,409 membros
193 resenhas
3
3 Members
sturlington, Dilara86, ahef1963
Explicações
Dilara86: French high school teacher
11
Goodbye to Berlin
de Christopher Isherwood
2,107 membros
49 resenhas
½ 3.7
2 Members
thorold, aulsmith
Explicações
thorold: Young man trying to make a living as an English teacher in Berlin
12
Melmoth
de Sarah Perry
938 membros
72 resenhas
½ 3.4
2 Members
sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
13
The Guild of Xenolinguists
de Sheila Finch
80 membros
2 resenhas
½ 3.5
2 Members
aulsmith, spiphany
14
The Translator
de Leila Aboulela
381 membros
21 resenhas
½ 3.5
2 Members
Dilara86, spiphany
15
Metropole
de Ferenc Karinthy
434 membros
18 resenhas
½ 3.7
2 Members
Dilara86, bluepiano
16
Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution
de R. F. Kuang
4,587 membros
106 resenhas
4
2 Members
Dilara86, ahef1963
Explicações
Dilara86: translators, interpreters, teachers, linguists...
17
The Judas Rose
de Suzette Haden Elgin
399 membros
7 resenhas
½ 3.6
2 Members
aulsmith, Dilara86
18
Ancillary Sword
de Ann Leckie
2,981 membros
176 resenhas
4
2 Members
sturlington, Dilara86
19
Embassytown
de China Miéville
3,411 membros
214 resenhas
3.9
2 Members
sturlington, Dilara86
20
Translation is a Love Affair
de Jacques Poulin
133 membros
19 resenhas
3.9
2 Members
Dilara86, spiphany
21
An Unnecessary Woman
de Rabih Alameddine
1,247 membros
85 resenhas
4
2 Members
Dilara86, spiphany
Explicações
Dilara86: Translator
22
The Idiot
de Elif Batuman
1,639 membros
67 resenhas
½ 3.6
Member
JuliaMaria
23
The Translator
de John Crowley
477 membros
11 resenhas
4
Member
aulsmith
24
Memoirs of a Spacewoman
de Naomi Mitchison
313 membros
10 resenhas
½ 3.4
Member
Dilara86
25
Girl in Ice
de Erica Ferencik
242 membros
27 resenhas
½ 3.7
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
26
The Last of the Vostyachs
de Diego Marani
65 membros
8 resenhas
½ 3.5
Member
bluepiano
27
The Scar
de China Miéville
5,007 membros
126 resenhas
4.1
Member
Dilara86
28
Uhura's Song
de Janet Kagan
902 membros
17 resenhas
4.2
Member
aulsmith
29
The Mission Song
de John le Carré
2,521 membros
53 resenhas
½ 3.4
Member
thorold
Explicações
thorold: Main character is an interpreter for central African languages
30
The Antiquarian
de Gustavo (ed.) Faverón Patriau
92 membros
5 resenhas
3.1
Member
bluepiano
31
The Dresden Green
de Nicolas Freeling
64 membros
1 resenha
½ 3.6
Member
thorold
Explicações
thorold: Crime story: main character is an interpreter in an international organisation in Strasbourg
32
King of the sea
de Derek Bickerton
13 membros
½ 2.5
Member
aulsmith
33
Night Train to Lisbon
de Pascal Mercier
3,085 membros
102 resenhas
½ 3.7
Member
thorold
Explicações
thorold: Main character is a Swiss classics teacher who teaches himself Portuguese
34
The Athenian Murders
de José Carlos Somoza
775 membros
29 resenhas
½ 3.5
Member
Dilara86
Explicações
Dilara86: One of the protagonists is a translator
35
Gaijin on the Ginza: A Novel
de James Kirkup
6 membros
Member
thorold
Explicações
thorold: gay English language teacher/translator in Tokyo
36
Assommons les pauvres !
de Shumona Sinha
37 membros
2 resenhas
½ 3.3
Member
Dilara86
Explicações
Dilara86: Interpreter
37
Demolishing Babel
de Michael Carson
19 membros
½ 2.7
Member
thorold
Explicações
thorold: comedy about EFL teachers
38
Silence
de Shūsaku Endō
3,794 membros
101 resenhas
4
Member
Dilara86
39
Tomcat in Love
de Tim O'Brien
704 membros
14 resenhas
½ 3.4
Member
sturlington
40
The File on H.
de Ismaîl Kadaré
333 membros
14 resenhas
3.8
Member
spiphany
41
Day In Day Out
de Terézia Mora
113 membros
4 resenhas
3.8
Member
spiphany
42
The Grasshopper King
de Jordan Ellenberg
54 membros
1 resenha
3.1
Member
spiphany
43
The Interpreter
de Natascha Wodin
14 membros
2
Member
spiphany
44
Earthsong
de Suzette Haden Elgin
264 membros
3 resenhas
½ 3.3
Member
Dilara86
45
Fate of Ravens
de Tiina Nunnally
19 membros
1 resenha
3.8
Member
Dilara86
46
The Dogs of Babel
de Carolyn Parkhurst
2,927 membros
117 resenhas
½ 3.5
Member
Dilara86
47
The Full Catastrophe
de David Carkeet
116 membros
3 resenhas
3.8
Member
Dilara86
48
Les villes de la plaine
de Diane Meur
11 membros
1 resenha
½ 3.6
Member
Dilara86
49
Celestis
de Paul Park
176 membros
8 resenhas
3.2
Member
Dilara86
50
Under Western Eyes
de Joseph Conrad
1,883 membros
25 resenhas
3.8
Member
Dilara86
51
The Sound of Language: A Novel
de Amulya Malladi
120 membros
10 resenhas
½ 3.6
Member
Dilara86
52
Double Negative
de David Carkeet
300 membros
9 resenhas
½ 3.3
Member
Dilara86
53
Alphabet of Thorn
de Patricia A. McKillip
1,280 membros
46 resenhas
4.2
Member
Dilara86
54
The Bug
de Ellen Ullman
329 membros
9 resenhas
½ 3.6
Member
Dilara86
55
Dans le faisceau des vivants
de Valérie Zenatti
9 membros
4
Member
Dilara86
Explicações
Dilara86: The writer/narrator is Aharon Appelfeld's translator
56
Omnilingual [short story]
de H. Beam Piper
95 membros
9 resenhas
½ 3.6
Member
Dilara86
57
Butterflies in November
de Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir
317 membros
18 resenhas
½ 3.5
Member
Dilara86
Explicações
Dilara86: Translator
58
The interpreter
de Suzanne Glass
78 membros
2 resenhas
2.8
Member
Dilara86
59
The Interpreter
de Suki Kim
207 membros
8 resenhas
½ 3.5
Member
Dilara86
60
The Interpreter
de Brian W. Aldiss
270 membros
7 resenhas
2.8
Member
Dilara86
61
The Interpreter (Dedalus Europe)
de Diego Marani
30 membros
2 resenhas
½ 3.5
Member
Dilara86
62
Spring Tides
de Jacques Poulin
130 membros
4 resenhas
½ 3.3
Member
Dilara86
Explicações
Dilara86: Main character translates comic strips
63
Revenge of the Translator
de Brice Matthieussent
45 membros
1 resenha
½ 2.6
Member
Dilara86
64
Te mawon
de Michael Roch
9 membros
½ 2.5
Member
Dilara86
Explicações
Dilara86: translators/interpreters
65
Intimacies
de Katie Kitamura
629 membros
38 resenhas
½ 3.7
Member
Dilara86
Explicações
Dilara86: interpreter
66
The Centre: A Novel
de Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi
162 membros
5 resenhas
½ 3.5
Member
Dilara86
Explicações
Dilara86: translator
67
Translation State
de Ann Leckie
481 membros
23 resenhas
4.2
Member
Dilara86
68
Guapa
de Saleem Haddad
217 membros
9 resenhas
4
Member
Dilara86
69
The Lies You Wrote
de Brianna Labuskes
74 membros
6 resenhas
3.9
Member
Dilara86
70
The Interpreter
de Brooke Robinson
36 membros
2 resenhas
½ 2.6
Member
Dilara86
71
Monteverde: Memoirs of an Interstellar Linguist
de Lola Robles
29 membros
4 resenhas
½ 3.7
Member
Dilara86
72
Le Miroir de l'oubli
de Youri Rytkhèou
1 membro
4
Member
Dilara86
Explicações
Dilara86: Russian<>Chukchi translator
73
L'égout
de Andrija Matic
4 membros
½ 3.3
Member
Dilara86
74
In the Cut
de Susanna Moore
692 membros
19 resenhas
3.1
75
Bonsai
de Alejandro Zambra
393 membros
22 resenhas
½ 3.5
76
The Detour
de Gerbrand Bakker
376 membros
29 resenhas
3.8
77
Ways to Disappear
de Idra Novey
328 membros
17 resenhas
½ 3.5
78
Mirror, Shoulder, Signal
de Dorthe Nors
277 membros
13 resenhas
½ 3.4
79
The Godmother
de Hannelore Cayre
194 membros
11 resenhas
3.8
80
The Eye of the Queen
de Phillip Mann
157 membros
2 resenhas
½ 3.3
81
Event Factory
de Renee Gladman
142 membros
6 resenhas
3.8
82
I am China
de Xiaolu Guo
141 membros
13 resenhas
½ 3.7
83
Das war ich nicht
de Kristof Magnusson
90 membros
4 resenhas
4.1
84
Nine Island
de Jane Alison
84 membros
14 resenhas
3.8
85
Deux étés
de Erik Orsenna
69 membros
6 resenhas
½ 3.6
86
A Distant Father
de Antonio Skármeta
53 membros
3 resenhas
½ 3.6
87
Nevermore
de Cécile Wajsbrot
9 membros
88
Tolmach
de Mikhail Gigolashvili
4 membros
1 resenha
4
89
Überflüssige Menschen
de Gabriele Riedle
3 membros