Translation Tuesdays: Vaseline Buddha, by Jung Young Moon @ NYJB
“Vaseline Buddha” is a brilliant example of contemporary South Korean literature.
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Translation Tuesdays: Abahn Sabana David, by Marguerite Duras @ NYJB
“Abahn Sabana David” by Marguerite Duras is “a fable about ideological extremism under an avant-garde skin.”
Translation Tuesdays: The Curious Case of Dassoukine’s Trousers, by Fouad Laroui @ NYJB
Fouad Laroui casts his eye on Morocco’s dour political legacy with the scalpel-like precision of a social satirist.
Translation Tuesdays: Murder Most Serene, by Gabrielle Wittkop @ NYJB
Venice, renown the world over for its beauty and riches, becomes the setting for Gabrielle Wittkop’s Murder Most Serene. The slim novella opens in the latter days of the Serene Republic of Venice,… Continue reading
Translation Tuesdays: H, by Philippe Sollers
Along with “Ulysses” and Beckett’s “Three Novels,” “H” can take its place in the permanent avant-garde.
Translation Tuesdays: Of Earth and in Hell, by Thomas Bernhard @ NYJB
“Of Earth and in Hell” by Thomas Bernhard represents “a fascinating peek into the genesis of Austria’s controversial literary figure.”.
Commonplace Book/Translation Tuesday: Paul Celan and Writing Beyond Humanity
A poem by Paul Celan from the new translation by Pierre Joris.
Translation Tuesdays: 4 Non-English Works About Drag Queens
Four Non-English Novels about Drag Queens: so begins MP Johnson Week at The Driftless Area Review.
Translation Tuesdays: Louis XXX, by Georges Bataille
With Louis XXX, Georges Bataille explores the dark territory between art and pornography.