Scandinavian Crime Novels
Although I’m personally not a reader of Scandinavian crime fiction (unless you can somehow count Jan Kjaerstad’s trilogy in that group, which is closer to a leap than a stretch), I find the debate between Nathaniel Rich and Larissa Kyzer about why these books are so popular pretty fascinating. First off, ...
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Texas and Translations
A few months ago we posted about the University of Texas Press’s decision to relaunch its Latin American literature in translation series. (And at some point soon we’ll have a full review of the first new title in the series, And Let the Earth Tremble at its Centers by Gonzalo Celorio.) Well on Friday I found ...
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European Union Prize for Literature
The first twelve winners of the European Union Prize for Literature were announced earlier this week with the aim of bringing increased attention to the contemporary European literature. This is a bit of an odd prize—each year an award is given to one author from 11 or 12 of the various EU countries. The list of ...
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Once Again, the Center for the Art of Translation Rocks
Jose Manuel Prieto’s Rex is one of my favorite books so far from 2009, and Esther Allen is one of my favorite translation people. Which is why I’m thrilled that CAT just made available this series of audio clips from a discussion between Prieto and Allen from earlier this year. ...
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Special Hours at Skylight Books
From this month’s featured independent bookstore: Skylight Books turns it up a notch in July and August with Hot Summer Nights extending their hours till Midnight on Fridays and Saturdays for the rest of the summer. Located in a busy, walking-friendly neighborhood of Los Feliz and accentuated beautiful California ...
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Support for Archipelago Books
The terrific Archipelago Books —publisher of many wonderful literary translations, including Attila Bartis’s Tranquility, a 2009 Best Translated Book Award winner—is currently doing two things to which we’d like to direct your attention (and hopeful participation). First and foremost, as a nonprofit, ...
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The Possession
Over the past decade, Seven Stories has brought out a number of Annie Ernaux titles, including A Man’s Place, A Woman’s Story, and A Simple Passion to great critical acclaim. The Possession, which was originally published in France in 2002, is the most recent title of hers to be beautifully rendered in English by ...
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