Tim Parks, tr. Brooklyn, New York. Archipelago. 2013. ISBN 9781935744740The Woman of Porto Pim is an odd sort of treasure: a collage of literary fragments that together craft a portrait…
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- Lacy Kornitzer, tr. Berlin. Matthes und Seitz. 2012. ISBN 9783882215991This slender volume of personal essays is the latest multilingual contribution of the accomplished fiction writer László Vég…
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- London. Quercus. 2012. ISBN 9781780874449 Anyone who has written scholarly articles will rightly revere someone who has read so widely and carries learning so gracefully. To have pushed through t…
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- Rita Wilson & Leah Gerber, ed. Clayton, Victoria, Australia. Monash University Publishing (isbs, distr.). 2012. ISBN 9781921867897Participants in the 2011 inaugural Literary Translation Summe…
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