'If ever there was a time to read books from different cultures and time periods, this is it. We have so much information and so many stories from around the world available to us, and yet so often we (myself included) end up reading books about ourselves, more or less. There's nothing wrong with that, of course, but why not pick up a book in translation now and then, and why not try a book from the past? Here is a list of classics in translation from around the world, written in languages other than English, that have something to teach us about our fellow human beings.
The books below were published at least 50 years ago (so nothing after 1967). The book descriptions come from publisher copy.'
