Posts tagged 'World Fiction'
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A charming Peruvian author and a celebrity translator
Posted 14 June 2011 It’s a bit of a distant blur now, but the highlight of my last couple of weeks is definitely still the extravaganza that was the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize party... Read 'A charming Peruvian author and a...' -
The Great London Book Group on Translated Fiction
Posted 3 June 2011 The Reading Agency ran a competition offering one reading group the chance to attend the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize awards ceremony at the Royal Institute of British Architects in London... Read 'The Great London Book Group on...' -
Spotlight on the Shortlist: Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2011
Posted 26 May 2011 Last night I attended a panel discussion on the six titles shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize . With news that volcanic ash had disrupted a number of flights... Read 'Spotlight on the Shortlist: Independent Foreign...' -
Translators make noise at the book fair
Posted 6 May 2011 When I arrived at the London Book Fair last Monday morning and went in search of the Literary Translation Centre, I wondered if its location said something about the place... Read 'Translators make noise at the book...' -
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...' -
Elephants, mackerel and twisted knickers: the joys of translating...
Posted 27 April 2011 Imagine one day you're talking to an Italian woman and you say something insensitive. All of a sudden she turns on you, shouting 'I've got the devil for hair!' What... Read 'Elephants, mackerel and twisted knickers: the...' -
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Five books about Russia
Posted 19 April 2011 With the upcoming Independent Foreign Fiction Prize winner announcement next month, we thought it ample opportunity to draw your attention to other books in translation. When we talk about 'State-of-the-nation'... Read 'Five books about Russia ' -
Five great Holocaust books
Posted 14 April 2011 How do you define 'Holocaust literature'? The idea itself seems absurd, if not obscene; but the efforts of writers and philosophers to understand one of the most incomprehensible events in... Read 'Five great Holocaust books ' -
Robert Burdock on the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize shortlist
Posted 13 April 2011 In celebration of this year's Independent Foreign Fiction Prize, we thought it'd be nice to hear from the best bloggers and twitterers of literature in translation (aside from our own... Read 'Robert Burdock on the Independent Foreign...'
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