BookExpo America and the Reading the World Party
I’m leaving tomorrow morning for BookExpo America (aka BEA, aka ABA, well, OK, ABA is more than a bit outdated, but I think some people still say this), and with E.J. in Norway things might be a little quiet around here for the next few days. This year BEA is in L.A., which is always nice and sunny. And somewhat ...
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Reading the World 2008: The Days of Abandonment by Elena Ferrante
This is the seventh Reading the World 2008 title we’re covering. Write-ups of the other titles can be found here. And information about the Reading the World program—a special collaboration between publishers and independent booksellers to promote literature in translation throughout the month of June—is ...
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Reading the World 2008: Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes
Doubling up on RTW book posts today . . . This is the sixth title we’re covering. Write-ups of the other titles can be found here. And information about the Reading the World program—a special collaboration between publishers and independent booksellers to promote literature in translation throughout the month of ...
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Reading the World 2008: The Corpse Walker by Liao Yiwu
This is the fifth entry in our series covering all twenty-five Reading the World 2008 titles. (We’re 20% of the way there!) Write-ups of the other titles can be found here. And information about the Reading the World program—a special collaboration between publishers and independent booksellers to promote ...
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Reading the World 2008: The Girl on the Fridge by Etgar Keret
This is the fourth entry in our series covering all twenty-five Reading the World 2008 titles. Write-ups of the other titles can be found here. And information about the Reading the World program—a special collaboration between publishers and independent booksellers to promote literature in translation throughout the ...
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Reading the World 2008: The Post-Office Girl by Stefan Zweig
Following on yesterday’s post, here’s the second round-up of this year’s twenty-five Reading the World titles. Since The Post-Office Girl was reviewed in today’s NY Sun by Eric Ormsby it seems like the perfect book to feature next. Stefan Zweig was born in 1881 into a wealthy and privileged ...
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Reading the World 2008: The Song of Everlasting Sorrow by Wang Anyi
Since Reading the World 2008 is almost here—it technically runs through the month of June, when bookstores across the country display twenty-five translated titles (warning pdf) from fifteen different presses—I thought it would be worthwhile to highlight each of these books on the site. And there’s no ...
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