Slovene protestors dressed as zombies. Photo by Jumpin' Jack/FlickrWith political elites in power who, many claim, were out of touch with the people, the small, Adriatic country…
Summer in Translation
August 19, 2014
August 14, 2014A best-seller at the 2010 Arab Book Fair in Beirut, 32 follows the life of a young woman in her thirties, her four female friends, and a Sri Lankan domestic worker. The book sheds light o…
August 12, 2014By My Hand: A Commissario Ricciardi Mystery by Maurizio de GiovanniTranslated by Antony ShugaarGifted with the ability to see and hear the final moments of murder victims’ lives, a commission…
July 22, 2014Kathleen Heilfor Patricio Pron I don’t know when, exactly, I began to equate literary translation with the institution of marriage. But at some point I started to think…
July 15, 2014Invisible Love by Eric-Emmanuel SchmittTranslated by Howard Curtis. Europa Editions.This newest collection of short stories from Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt examines the facets of love through a va…
July 1, 2014This October, Two Lines Press will release Baboon, the first book-length translation of Danish author Naja Marie Aidt. That story collection, Bavian, won the 2008 Nordic…
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