10 novels in translation you should know

9. "Agaat," by Marlene Van Niekerk (translated from the Afrikaans by Michiel Heyns)

Two women – an elderly white woman and her black maid – are living on a farm in South Africa even as their country is convulsing around them. The complexities of the relationships on the farm make for stirring political commentary as well as disturbing personal drama.

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