August 2011
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NEW DIRECTIONS PUBLISHING: New Directions... →
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Good Offices is the second novel by Evelio Rosero (after The Armies, 2009) to be published by New Directions. It’s also the first to be translated by Anne McLean in collaboration with Anne Milsom.
In Good Offices, we are released into the world of Tancredo, a hunchback who has a deep…
Recently Released: Wasted Morning by Gabriela...
“Before, if she’d been cooped up like that for days on end, it would have seemed as if the house were falling on top of her”—Gabriela Adameşteanu, Wasted Morning, translated from the Romanian by Patrick Camiller. Available now from Northwestern University Press. Order.
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Ludovic Debeurme and Kjersti...
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August 2011 Cover Artist Mounir Fatmi's Site: →
An image of Mounir’s installation, “The Lost Spring” is featured in our August 2011: The Arab Spring Part 2 Issue.
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Upcoming Title: Micrograms by Jorge Carrera...
“I do not pretend to have invented the Microgram”—Jorge Carrera Andrade, Micrograms, translated from the Spanish by Joshua Beckman. Available from Wave Books, November 1, 2011. Order
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Upcoming Title: The Faster I Walk, The Smaller I...
“I like it when I can be done with something.”—Kjersti A. Skomsvold, The Faster I Walk, The Smaller I Am, translated from the Norwegian by Kerri A. Pierce. Available from Dalkey Archive Press October 11, 2011. Order.
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Upcoming Title: The Splendor of Portugal by...
“When I said that I had invited my siblings to spend Christmas Eve with us”—António Lobo Antunes, The Splendor of Portugal, translated from the Portugese by Rhett McNeil. Available from Dalkey Archive Press, September 20, 2011. Order.
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Upcoming Title: Into the Snow by Gennady Aygi
“And you begin to sing—and I am disappearing”—Gennday Aygi, Into the Snow, translated from the Russian by Sarah Valentine. Available from Wave Books, November 1, 2011. Order.
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Upcoming Title: Dukla by Andrzej Stasiuk
“At four in the morning the night slowly raises its dark backside as if it were getting up from a heavy dinner and going to bed.”—Andrzej Stasiuk, Dukla, translated from the Polish by Bill Johnston. Available from Dalkey Archive Press, October 25, 2011. Order.
Upcoming Title: The Truth About Marie by...
A quick peek at upcoming titles:
“Later on, thinking back on the last few hours of that sweltering night, I realized we had made love at the same time, Marie and I, but not with each other”—Jean-Philippe Toussaint, The Truth About Marie, translated from the French by Matthew B. Smith. Available from Dalkey Archive Press September 6, 2011. Order.
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literalab: Bulgarian writers at granta.com →
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In conjunction with the launch of Granta Bulgaria it is Bulgaria week at granta.com this week, with a focus on “a new generation of writing emerging from Bulgaria,” including recently reviewed-on-literalab author of East of the West Miroslav Penkov. The introduction refers to this…
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What they said about Tablet & Pen:
So we just got around to collecting all the praise for Tablet & Pen: Literary Landscapes of the Modern Middle East – A Words Without Borders Anthology edited by Reza Aslan “Strapping … smart, sensitive.” —Dennis Drabelle, Washington Post “A stunning rebuke to the argument that there’s a clash of civilizations [and] shows how we can move beyond politics.” —Oscar Villalon, The Daily Beast...
