Posts tagged 'Germany'
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My favourite books in translation from 2011
Posted 19 January 2012 The most striking thing about the best of last year's novels in translation was the labour of love which has gone into their very being. For the most part, books... Read 'My favourite books in translation from...' -
Translated fiction: gifts for the family
Posted 12 December 2011 With Christmas just around the corner, now would be a good time to suggest a few translated fiction titles that would make ideal presents for your family members. I'm assuming... Read 'Translated fiction: gifts for the family' -
Poets and politics at World Literature Weekend
Posted 23 June 2011 A little while ago the London Review of Books bookshop came up with a very good idea: why not create a new literary festival dedicated to international fiction? So, in... Read 'Poets and politics at World Literature...' -
Top four books of the Austro-Hungarian Empire
Posted 5 May 2011 The Austro-Hungarian Empire rose out of the Nineteenth Century and barely made it into the Twentieth. Improbable, fragile and ultimately doomed, it brought together a bewildering multiplicity of national, ethnic... Read 'Top four books of the Austro-Hungarian...'







