#translationthurs round up
19 May 2011 28 Comments
in #translationthurs, around the world, TRANSLATIONS, twitter week Tags: 2011
Today on twitter it was suggested by two good twitter friend I am Amro and rob around books I start listing books mention on translation thus on the blog .I start this small meme last year and it is slowly growing and seems a great way to find new books to read if like me .you like world literature .
Blue fox by Sjon – suggest by I will tweet the guy behind Just William ,you should go over and have a look he does better reviews than me and loads of world lit .
Woodcutters by Thomas Bernard – suggested by Amelia atlas ,Bernhard was Austria favourite writer even if he dislike his homelands art scene I ve one of his near to of tbr pile .
Gold by Blaise Cendrars - The renown swiss writer ,a peter Owen edition they publish a few of his books .This was John s. of asylum suggestion ,he reviews a great mix of fiction ,with highly insightful analysis of books ,a number in translation.
The death of Napoleon by Simon Leys -suggest by great twitter friend Simon from inside books ,from the Belgian writer pierre ryckmans ,Simon Leys is his non de plume was made into a film called emperors new clothes .
blood sisters by Alessandro Perissinotto – a book I like when I review an italian crime novel suggested by Cazbah88 from Carol’s book corner blog
Memoirs of the duc de saint Simon by Louis de Reuvroy -a french classic ,new to me here is the wiki info suggest by dave trembley
Lost honour of Katherine Blume by Heinrich boll -from Meike at Peirene as their writer Friedrich Christian Delius had won the Georg Buchner prize ,germany’s biggest Literary prize ,as had Boll .
THE topless tower by Silivna Ocampo - New Zealand based Tim Jones from tim Joness blog ,The surreal Argentina novel considered a classic
The sleeping Dragon by Miyuki Miybe -a Japanese mystery by In spring it i s the dawn from the blog of the same Name
The final going of snow by Kristina Ehins -suggest by mpt magazine the poetry translation magazine ,Estonian Poetry in translation .
A void by Georges Perec -the novel that’s a detective novel with a vowel missing all way through the book ,suggest by Gary and Gina here are the blogs Parrish Lantern and Gina Choe both great world lit bloggers .
Spring in Fialta by Vladimir Nabokov -suggest by Nia Polly from her blog and literature across frontiers comms manager a great site link lit in europe ,not read this Nabokov but he was one of the best writers in the 20th century wrote in russian and english .
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The post office girl by Stefan Zweig -by new york based writer Katie Kitamura writer of longshot ,post office girl is a study of class I loved it when I reviewed it here on winstonsdad .
The Lusiads by Luis vaz de Camoes – by themselves Oxford world classics ,a Portuguese classic about them discovering the world .
Cibernectica e fantasmi in une pietra sopra by Italo Calvino -suggest by sam tweets books ,loved every Calvino I ve read so sure this will be good .
Tomorrow Pamplona by Jan Van Mersbergen -Peirene press no 4 ,I finish it last week out 7th June well worth reading one hell of a ride like grabbing the bull by the horns .suggest by tony from tony reading list
Memoirs of a porcupine by Alain Mabanckou- a book narrate by said porcupine of the title loved broken glass reviewed here on winstonsdad ,suggest by the publisher serpents tail
Traveller and Innkeeper by Fadhill al-Azzawi- by Arablit great blog for all arabic lit ,set in Iraq follows a secret policeman published in 70′s in Arabic
Redbreast by Jo Nesbo -by little reader who has recently returned to blogging ,the third in the Harry hole series I read snowman from this series a well written taut crime novel ,of nordic noir style .
Kamchatka by Marcelo Figureas suggest by Rob from Rob around books my favourite IFFP read ,reviewed here on winstonsdad .
well that’s them for this week ,we had books from every where and every age and genre just shows what you can find in translation if you look .
I m on Booktrust blog
15 Mar 2011 14 Comments
in #translationthurs, TRANSLATIONS, twitter week Tags: prize winners, TRANSLATIONS
Any one that follows me on twitter Knows I m about most of the time and chat a lot with people .This is how I got be on The booktrust translated fiction blog page ,as part of the IFFP coverage I tell how I started reading translated fiction HERE
twitter week
22 Jan 2010 Leave a Comment
in twitter week
it’s here again friday time to wrap up what has caught my eye this week on twitter .
first up all week @joethepublicist has been treating us to images from the forth coming decades series this is where a number of books from each decade have been redesigned by Zandra Rhodes ,John squire and Peter Blake among others .out in april some can be seen on link above
there is a new book prize by @tohellwithemma at to hell with publishing ,fast on the heels of the new shop they now have a prize with judges such as India Knights,David Peace and Kwame Kwei-armah among them,this prize is for unpublished novels and is going to be award on 18th april.
last is @randompr who told us about to great crime novels the man in beijing by Henning Mankell of Wallender fame ,and Henry Sutton get me out of here
i ve tweeted about
passports by Herta Muller review weekend
how fiction works by james woods will be reread and review later in year feel this book needs reading twice to absorb fully
the last Englishman Roland C
hambers
hope everyone has a good week .What were your highlights ? more next friday
the week in twitter
15 Jan 2010 Leave a Comment
in twitter week, Wales Tags: twitter
This is where i put down bits of book news over the past week that has caught my eye
@archipelagobk’s where telling us about Unai Elorriga novel tour in america the Basque writer who’s novel plants don t drink coffee they publish any one who knows me well knows what a fan i am of archipelago there a small non-profit publisher who make beautiful books .
@windmillbooks told us about pocket notebook by mike Thomas a dark comedy about the police ,the book also has a great take on the famous clockwork orange cover from the seventies
@vintagebooks told us about a new edition of worst journey in the world the book about the ill-fated scott expedition which their classic imprint are bring out soon
@radompr the wonderful Bethan told us about how to live by Sarah Bakewell a book about de Montaigne the writer
This week i tweeted about -
the patience stone by Atiq Rahimi -reviewed
white ravens by Owen Sheers -review over weekend
fado by Andrzej Stasiuk -review early next week
a pile of archipelago books
