Mahmoud revival ?
The University of Texas Press came out with a translation of Iranian author Ahmad Mahmoud's The Neighbors last year -- see their publicity page, or get your copy at Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk...
View ArticleAbsinthe goes to Michigan
Absinthe: New European Writing -- not to be confused with The Absinthe Literary Review (or, god forbid, Absinthe-Literary-Review.com) has announced they're moving to Ann Arbor, as the the...
View ArticleMurphy for a day
The University of Reading bought the Manuscript of Murphy by Samuel Beckett last year -- but: "access to the manuscript, and to facsimile copies, is restricted until 1 October 2014"....
View ArticleThe Man Who Loved Dogs review
The most recent addition to the complete review is my review of Leonardo Padura's novel of the Trotsky assassination, The Man Who Loved Dogs.
View ArticleJill Schoolman Q & A
At the Wall Street Journal's Speakeasy weblog Eben Shapiro has a Q & A with Jill Schoolman -- founder of Archipelago Books, which is currently enjoying some success with those Karl Ove...
View ArticleWorld Cup (and books)
The FIFA World Cup Brazil™ begins tomorrow, and lasts until 13 July -- a month that will keep football ("soccer") fans busy and presumably less-focused on literary matters. Nevertheless,...
View ArticleThe Goldfinch reactions
Evgenia Peretz's article in Vanity Fair, It's Tartt -- But Is It Art ? -- using Donna Tartt's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel as a case-study, as: "the polarized responses to The Goldfinch lead to...
View ArticleBooks in translation, at BEA
At the Global Market Forum and elsewhere at Book Expo America a couple of weeks ago it was good to see quite a bit of translation-related activity -- a whole day of panels, and then on...
View ArticleTranslation from the ... Chinese
In China Daily Chris Davis looks at Unlocking China's literary gems through translation -- wondering: How many more Noble Prizes for Literature could China be winning if only their writers...
View ArticleJerry Pinto reviews
The most recent additions to the complete review are my reviews of two Jerry Pinto titles: His prize-winning (The Hindu Literary Prize, 2012; the Crossword Book Award, 2013) Em and the Big...
View ArticleInternational IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
They've announced that this year's International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award goes to The Sound of Things Falling, with €75,000 going to author Juan Gabriel Vásquez and €25,000 to translator...
View ArticleLan Pham Thi in the Czech Republic
Melville House has just brought out Mariusz Szczygieł's Gottland: Mostly True Stories from Half of Czechoslovakia -- see their publicity page, or get your copy at Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk --...
View ArticleRoyal Society Winton Prize for Science Books longlist
They've announced the longlist for the Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books. I haven't seen any of these, but it's usually a fairly interesting selection.
View ArticleFrank O'Connor International Short Story Award shortlist
The Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, a €25,000 award for "a collection of short stories published for the first time, in English anywhere in the world" (translations are...
View ArticleSummer House with Swimming Pool review
The most recent addition to the complete review is my review of Herman Koch's latest novel to appear in English, Summer House with Swimming Pool.
View ArticleCommonwealth Short Story Prize
The Commonwealth prizes used to feature book-length entries but have now been sadly reduced to a story award, fine for what it is, no doubt, but still considerably less substantial than the...
View ArticlePremio Gregor von Rezzori
The Premio Gregor von Rezzori, a leading Italian prize for the best translated work of fiction -- won last year by the just-announced winner of this year's International IMPAC Dublin Literary...
View ArticleMichel Déon gets NYTBR-attention
Okay, the last time -- the only other time -- a Michel Déon title was published in English translation, back in 1989, The New York Times Book Review took notice too; still, neat to see that The...
View Article'Big Book' shortlist
Lizok's Bookshelf of course reported on the announcement of the finalists for Russia's (horribly titled but prestigious and remunerative) Большая книга ('Big Book') prize when it was made, more...
View ArticleKamal Jann review
The most recent addition to the complete review is my review of French-writing Lebanese-born Dominique Eddé's novel of Syrian turmoil, Kamal Jann, just out in English from Seagull Books.
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