Articles tagged " Work"

The A to Z of Literary Translation: P to R (Dispatches)

By Georgia de Chamberet | April 12, 2008

Publishers in the independent sector are fundamental to ensure variety in the marketplace; they are surviving despite stiff competition and the discount war, (ref. Society of Authors, The Future of Independent…...

Embedded in Iraq (Dispatches)

By Arnon Grunberg | March 3, 2008

While looking for something else, I recently stumbled upon Cynthia Ozick's essay íPublic Intellectualsë in her collection Quarrel and Quandary. The essay itself is worth reading—as is…...

The A to Z of Literary Translation: D to F (Dispatches)

By Georgia de Chamberet | February 23, 2008

Dialogue and debate on issues surrounding literary translation at talks, workshops, summer schools and residence programmes—along with translation studies courses covering linguistic concepts, theories…...

Literary Malaise (Dispatches)

By Arnon Grunberg | February 17, 2008

Recently I was having a conversation with a friend about literary malaise, or to be more precise, we were talking about malaise in general. We reached the conclusion that there are quite a few different…...

The A to Z of Literary Translation (Dispatches)

By Georgia de Chamberet | February 14, 2008

Whilst writing about English PEN's "Writers in Translation" committee, of which I am a member—tapping into my experiences as an editor, agent and publicist—the idea of doing a fun, but far from…...

from “Serve the People!” (Mag: Articles)

By Yan Lianke | January 3, 2008

The novel is the only place for a great many of life's truths. Because it is only in fiction that certain facts can be held up to the light. The novel it is, then, for this particular truth. The story…...

Translated from Chinese by Julia Lovell

Returning to Afghanistan (Dispatches)

By Arnon Grunberg | October 20, 2007

While publishers, agents and some authors were heading for Frankfurt for the annual book fair I decided to return to Afghanistan—or to be more precise Oruzgan, a small province in the south—where…...

An Author Questionnaire for “The Jewish Messiah” (Dispatches)

By Arnon Grunberg | September 17, 2007

On the subject of "small cultural differences between the U.S. and Europe," I'd like to say a few words about the author questionnaire. Before this summer I thought that questionnaires were limited to…...

A Rather Strange Career Change (Dispatches)

By Arnon Grunberg | August 16, 2007

It has now been two weeks since I came to this small village in the Bavarian Alps. The village itself is pretty, and the lake nearby might be even described as beautiful. One could easily think that I…...

Encounter (Mag: Articles)

By Goli Taraghi | March 23, 2007

I have a feeling that it is a mistake to go to the party at Mr. M.'s, especially under the circumstances. Things have tightened up once more. Again scarves have to be pulled down all the way to the…...

Translated from Persian by Faridoun Farrokh

The Man Who Sold His Shadow (Mag: Articles)

By Kim Young-ha | October 21, 2005

Here's a question we all ask ourselves at least once when we're young: Where does that starlight come from? It's been there before I was born, and before my grandmother, and her grandmother…...

Translated from Korean by Dafna Zur

from Wasted Morning (Mag: Articles)

By Gabriela Adamesteanu | October 1, 2004

Strada Coriolan She treads carefully on the uneven stones in the yard, which are still coated with morning frost. Her swollen feet are painful, even though she rubbed some alcohol on them last night and…...

Translated from Romanian by Patrick Camiller

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