Korean literature abroad
In The Korea Herald Robert J. Fouser writes On Korean literature in translation, noting that things seem to be going well, certainly in comparison to previously. Of course: The stream of...
View ArticleAfter the Circus review
The most recent addition to the complete review is my review of Nobel laureate Patrick Modiano's After the Circus, a 1992 novel just out in English in Yale University Press' Margellos World...
View ArticleFariba Vafi Q & A
At Qantara.de they have a Q & A with Iranian My Bird-author Fariba Vafi. (Her Tarlan recently came out in German; in English .. not so much.)
View ArticleNobel candidates - 2025 ?
At Svenska Dagbladet Henrik Sahl Johansson suggests 16 Nobel Prize contenders ... for 2025 -- though some have already been considered well in the present-day running (Mircea Cărtărescu)....
View ArticleThe Paradise Bird Tattoo review
The most recent addition to the complete review is my review of Kurumatani Choukitsu's The Paradise Bird Tattoo (or, Attempted Double-Suicide). This came out in English a few years back...
View ArticleThe One Hundred Years of Solitude-story
In Vanity Fair Paul Elie spoke with Gabriel García Márquez's 'literary agent', Carmen Balcells, 'just weeks before her death' and got The Secret History of One Hundred Years of Solitude --...
View ArticleNosaka Akiyuki (1930-2015)
Japanese author Nosaka Akiyuki has passed away; see, for example, Swashbuckling author Akiyuki Nosaka dies at 85 (and, hey, how many authors get to go out as 'swashbuckling' ?). My...
View ArticlePEN Translation Prize longlists
They've announced the PEN Translation Prize longlists -- for: "a book-length translation of prose into English published in 2015". Several of the titles are under review at the complete...
View ArticleElena Ferrante Q & A
In the Financial Times Liz Jobey has a Q & A with 'Elena Ferrante', who still keeps her identity cloaked. Interesting to see some sales figures: Sales of the Neapolitan quartet have...
View ArticleWriting in ... Nigeria
At the British Council Emma Shercliff writes about The changing face of Nigerian literature -- especially domestically, which isn't quite the same as what's seen/read abroad. And while...
View ArticleБольшаякнига
Last week, as I mentioned, they awarded the 'Russian Boker' prize, and now they've also named the winner of another major Russian novel prize, the 'Big Book' award; see also, for example,...
View Article余白の愛 review
The most recent addition to the complete review is my review of Ogawa Yoko's 1991 novel, 余白の愛 -- still not available in English. Ogawa is actually reasonably well translated into...
View ArticleEka Kurniawan Q & A
At Bomb Jesse Ruddock has a Q & A with Eka Kurniawan (whose Beauty is a Wound and Man Tiger recently appeared in English). Interesting to see how fully he embraces the Indonesian...
View ArticleNaguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature
They've announced this year's winner of the Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature, and it is لا طريق إلى الجنة ('No Road to Paradise'), by Hassan Daoud; see, for example, Mohammed Saad's report...
View ArticleDom Casmurro review
The most recent addition to the complete review is my review of Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis' Dom Casmurro. Always good to get to some more Machado -- and I really should/will try to...
View ArticleMore best-lists
A few more best-lists -- of the preferred personal selection-sort -- of possible interest: At the Wall Street Journal they: 'asked 50 of our friends -- from Gillian Anderson to Nell Zink -- to...
View ArticleWinter issue of Quarterly Conversation
The Winter 2016 issue of the Quarterly Conversation is up, and that's certainly worth your time.
View ArticleEtisalat Prize shortlist
The Etisalat Prize for Literature -- awarded for a debut-work by an African author -- has announced its 2015 shortlist -- and it's great to see Fiston Mwanza Mujila's Tram 83 is one of the...
View Article(Australian) Prime Minister's Literary Awards
They've announced the (Australian) Prime Minister's Literary Awards, with The Golden Age, by Joan London, taking the fiction prize. Europa Editions will be bringing this out in the US --...
View ArticleParty Headquarters review
The most recent addition to the complete review is my review of Georgi Tenev's Party Headquarters, the Bulgarian Vick Prize-winning novel that Open Letter is bringing out early next year.
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