“The Invented Part” by Rodrigo Fresán
The Invented Part by Rodrigo Fresán translated from the Spanish by Will Vanderhyden 552 pgs. | pb | 9781940953564 | $18.95 Open Letter Books Reviewed by Chad W. Post Given all the Two Month Review posts and everything else, hopefully you’ll have heard of Rodrigo Fresán’s The Invented Part by now. But ...
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“Nineteen Ways of Looking at Wang Wei” by Eliot Weinberger
19 Ways of Looking at Wang Wei by Eliot Weinberger Translated by Various 64 pgs. | pb | 9780811226202 | $10.95 New Directions Publishing Reviewed by Russell Guilbault Eliot Weinberger takes big strides across literary history in his genuinely breathtaking short work, 19 Ways of Looking at Wang Wei, ...
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“Radio: Wireless Poem in Thirteen Messages” by Kyn Taniya
Radio: Wireless Poem in Thirteen Messages by Kyn Taniya Translated from the Spanish by David Shook 66 pgs. | pb | 978-0-9906601-5-6 | $14.99 Cardboard House Press Reviewed by Vincent Francone Prose translators will likely disagree, but I believe translating poetry requires a significant level of talent, a ...
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Chronicle of the Murdered House by Lucio Cardoso [Early Reviews]
The pub date for Chronicle of the Murdered House by Lúcio Cardoso, which is translated from the Portuguese by Margaret Jull Costa and Robin Patterson, with a biographical note from Ben Moser officially came out on Tuesday, December 13th. To celebrate the release of this Brazilian masterpiece, we’ll be running a ...
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The Subsidiary
The Subsidiary by Matías Celedón translated from the French by Samuel Rutter 208 pgs. | pb | 9781612195445 | $21.95 Mellville House Publishing Reviewed by Vincent Francone The biggest issues with books like The Subsidiary often have to do with their underpinnings—when we learn that Georges Perec wrote La ...
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“Thus Bad Begins” by Javier Marías
Thus Bad Begins by Javier Marías translated from the Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa 464 pgs. | pb |9781101911914 | $16.95 Knopf Reviewed by Kristel Thornell Following The Infatuations, Javier Marías’s latest novel seems, like those that have preceded it, an experiment to test fiction’s ...
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“Death by Water” by Kenzaburo Oe
Death by Water by Kenzaburu Oe translated from the Japanese by Deborah Boliver Boehm 432 pgs. | pb | 9781101911914 | $16.00 Grove Atlantic Reviewed by Will Eells Death by Water, Kenzaburo Oe’s latest novel to be translated into English, practically begs you to read it as autobiography. Like The ...
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