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the real test of life was uncertainty
Oliver VII, by Antal Szerb and translated by Len Rix Nicholas Lezard, in his review of Oliver VII for the Guardian, asked if a novel can be constructed out of pure joy. The answer of course is yes, b… more →
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Translated Fiction News
wrote 1 week ago: Translated fiction has made the news today, well, in the publishing world at least! Pushkin Press ha … more →
Coin Locker Babies
wrote 2 weeks ago: The moments I found most compelling in this energetic, violent and hallucinatory Japanese novel are … more →
An Unsung Maestro: Stefan Zweig
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wrote 1 month ago: Journey into the Past by Stefan Zweig Amok and Other Stories by Stefan Zweig Before reading these tw … more →
Binocular Vision by Edith Pearlman – review
wrote 2 months ago: Through a glass darkly … Binocular Vision by Edith Pearlman. A genius of the short story will finall … more →
Book Announcement: From The Fatherland, With Love by Ryu Murakami
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wrote 2 months ago: The ‘other’ Murakami – major new novel coming in May! While British readers will h … more →
'The Queen of Spades' by Alexander Pushkin (Review)
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wrote 2 months ago: Considering that Pushkin Press is named after the famous Russian poet, it was a surprise to find tha … more →
Casanova's Return to Venice - Arthur Schnitzler
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wrote 2 months ago: Before I say anything, I just want to point out that I’m turning up for Venice in February on … more →
What's happening in Translation
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wrote 2 months ago: I often come across some great bits via twitter ,internet and sent to me via e-mail .I decide that r … more →
Zweig Lovers Night
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wrote 3 months ago: Valentine’s Day is a day that all sensible people dread. Being sensible, you know that it is ridicul … more →
Literary roundup: Marxism de Sade and Valentine's Day Zweig
wrote 3 months ago: Boris Akunin’s Sebald Lecture delivered in London on February 4, is now available online. He t … more →
New article: Nihad Sirees' The Silence and the Roar reviewed
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wrote 3 months ago: ArabLit, 31st January 2013 Sirees’ novel depicts one day in the life of a writer in an unnamed city, … more →
Book Review - The Silence and the Roar
wrote 3 months ago: Free expression is the first casualty under any dictatorship. The work of dissident writers and inte … more →
The Man Who Walked Through Walls by Marcel Aymé
wrote 5 months ago: The man who walked through walls, Marcel Aymé, tr; Sophie Lewis, Pushkin Press, 2012 I am extremely … more →
Literary roundup: The first Prague expat poet and Pushkin's Pushkin
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wrote 5 months ago: English-speaking expats coming to Prague to write poetry and become famous – yes, you’ve heard that … more →
21.11.12. Update:
wrote 6 months ago: ‡ …And no sooner had we SOLD OUT of ‘The Magical Universe of William S. Burroughs’ … more →
The Forbidden Kingdom
wrote 6 months ago: Jan Jacob Slauerhoff’s novel The Forbidden Kingdom, first published in 1932, is regarded as an … more →
Polish Boxer - $240
wrote 7 months ago: The Polish Boxer covers a vast landscape of human experience while enfolding a search for ori … more →
The Age of Flowers - $240
wrote 7 months ago: In a white city on the African shore of the Mediterranean, the Islamic fundamentalists are ga … more →
the real test of life was uncertainty
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wrote 7 months ago: Oliver VII, by Antal Szerb and translated by Len Rix Nicholas Lezard, in his review of Oliver VII fo … more →
