Xiaolu Guo on 'state writers'
A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers-author Xiaolu Guo weighs in on the popular question of whether or not Mo Yan has been coöpted by/is too deferential to the Chinese powers that...
View ArticleAlaa al-Aswany profile
Qantara.de has Tim Neshitov's profile of A Desperate Citizen of Egypt -- Alaa al-Aswany, author of The Yacoubian Building.
View ArticleAdam in Eden review
The most recent addition to the complete review is my review of Carlos Fuentes' Adam in Eden -- the last novel he published in his lifetime, now forthcoming from Dalkey Archive Press (though,...
View ArticleGraphic success
In Scotland on Sunday David Robinson looks at Frame & glory: The rise of the graphic novel. He finds: The Dandy may have died off in printed form earlier this month, but the upmarket...
View ArticleGitanjali Literary Prize
I missed this when they announced it a few weeks ago -- but then they still haven't announced it at the official site, either, last I checked ... -- but they've announced the winners of the new...
View ArticleWays of Going Home review
The most recent addition to the complete review is my review of Alejandro Zambra's Ways of Going Home.
View ArticleBest of best of ... 2012
The Daily Beast has a The Best of the Best List: 2012 Critics' Top Books, where they: 'collect all the year-end best-of lists published by major critics and publications to find out which work...
View ArticleCaesarion review-overview
The most recent addition to the complete review is a review-overview of Tommy Wieringa's Caesarion -- shamefully renamed Little Caesar for the US market ('cause that Latinate title, that just...
View ArticleMan Booker Prize judges announced
Yes, they've announced that the Man Booker Prize 2013 judges revealed. As they explain: The announcement of the judging panel is an important moment each year because the Man Booker...
View ArticleForeign 'best of the year' selections
'Best book of the year'-lists continue to be a decidedly Anglo-Saxon newspaper/magazine/weblog space-filler, and one simply doesn't find that many in foreign publications. More will appear as...
View ArticleNo One review
The most recent addition to the complete review is my review of Gwenaëlle Aubry's No One, which Tin House brought out in translation earlier this year. Yes, it comes with an Introduction...
View ArticleReading in ... Kerala
Yes, even in famously literary Kerala they're complaining that, as manoramaonline reports, Malayalis losing interest in literature: O V Usha. Yes: Literature has lost its past glory in...
View ArticleLooking towards 2013 ...
There will be more of these, but to whet your appetite: - Arabic Literature (in English) lists 15+ Books to Look for in 2013 (translated from the Arabic). I'm looking forward to the...
View ArticleThe Oyster & the Eagle review
The most recent addition to the complete review is my review of Selected Aphorisms and Parables of Multatuli (Eduard Douwes Dekker), The Oyster & the Eagle.
View ArticleWLT's notable translations list
At their weblog World Literature Today lists 75 Notable Translations 2012. Not quite the Three Percent Translation Database, but a nice reference point. Obviously, quite a few of these...
View ArticlePremio Nacional de Literatura de Cuba
As the Havana Times reports, Cuba's National Literature Prize Awarded to Leonardo Padura, as he has taken this year's Premio Nacional de Literatura de Cuba; see also the list of previous...
View ArticleSuhrkamp turmoil
So I was really hoping someone -- Publishing Perspectives, The Guardian, anyone ... -- would get to this before me, but, alas, the English-language media seems to have made a fairly wide berth...
View ArticleRoberto Ampuero profile
In the Wall Street Journal José de Córdoba profiles A Literary Ambassador, Roberto Ampuero, who has certainly led an interesting life. One of his books was finally translated into...
View ArticleMorning News Tournament of Book finalists
They're getting set to start the Ninth Annual Morning News Tournament of Book, and they've announced the finalists that will be squaring off against one another. I've only reviewed --...
View ArticleLe Grand Meaulnes fever ?
Is it something in the air or era ? Alain-Fournier's Le Grand Meaulnes is suddenly all the rage. Or at least getting more attention than usual (i.e. any). In The Economist's year-end...
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