My favourite is Patrick Suskind’s Perfume. I don’t know German so I can’t directly compare, but whoever translated it did a dang good job because I *smelled the words* in that book.
I’ve not read a ton of translations but the Neopolitan Novels by Elena Ferrante read so elegantly that the translator (Ann Goldstein) must’ve worked some real magic.
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Anna Karenina
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I cannot recommend Marjane Satrapi’s *Persepolis* highly enough.
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Crime and Punishment or Norwegian Wood
I’ve not read a ton of translations but the Neopolitan Novels by Elena Ferrante read so elegantly that the translator (Ann Goldstein) must’ve worked some real magic.
Anna Karenina
I cannot recommend Marjane Satrapi’s *Persepolis* highly enough.