And the Winner Is . . .
When we first opened the voting, for the Best Translation of 2007, it looked like Bolano was going to win by a landslide, but in the end, it was Dorothea Dieckmann’s Guantanamo that came in first by a substantial margin. The Savage Detectives finished a strong second, and Out Stealing Horses (which I thought would ...
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Vote for the Best Translation of 2007
Remember to vote for your favorite book from our list of of the top 10 translations of 2007. These are the ten books our panel picked out as the best works in translation published this year. It’s a great list, and we’re very interested in hearing what you think of it. Right now The Savage Detectives has ...
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Top 10 (or 13) Translations of 2007
After consulting with our international literature experts, we finally came up with our list of the top 10 translations of 2007 (see below). Unfortunately, no collections of poetry made the top 10, so I’m listing the three favorites separately to make sure these titles get some attention. I know 2008 is still a week ...
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Best Translations of 2007 — The Analysis
Compiling the list of Best Translations was fascinating to me for a number of reasons. One of the first things that struck me is how paradoxical the situation regarding international literature is. Minutes after putting this first seeds of this list online, I started getting enthusiastic e-mails about books that should be ...
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Best Translations of 2007 (Another Update)
Listed below is the latest list of recommendations for the best translated works of 2007. Thanks again to everyone who has posted or e-mailed a suggestion. It’s a pretty impressive list, and, as Angela said in the comments, a bit daunting. If there are any titles anyone would like to add, please post them in the ...
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Best Translations of 2007 (Update)
Rather than reply in the comments of the earlier post about the idea of a “Best Translations of 2007” list, I thought I’d post a little update and respond to the various questions people have asked about this. First off, I think we should definitely include poetry on this list. At first I was going to list ...
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Best of 2007 Translations
As anyone reading this blog even on a casual basis can figure out, I’m a big fan of year end lists. (Actually of lists in general. And lists of lists. But whatever, that’s a personal problem.) What I’d personally really like to see though is a “best of literature in translation 2007” list. And ...
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