糖心传媒淥ld Rendering Plant糖心传媒 by Wolfgang Hilbig [Why This Book Should Win]
Now that the new website is up and working, we can start catching up on the Why This Book Should Win series. (And I can go back to writing my unhinged weekly missives about literature in translation.) Today's first post is from聽Joseph Schreiber, writer, editor at 3:AM Magazine, maintains literary blog, ...
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“Hackers” by Aase Berg [Why This Book Should Win]
This entry in the Why This Book Should Win series is from BTBA judge and Greenlight Bookstore bookseller Jarrod Annis.聽 Hackers by Aase Berg, translated from the Swedish by Johannes G枚ransson (Sweden, Black Ocean) Stark and minimal, Hackers聽thrums with a biology inherent to Berg's poetics, an exoskeleton of ...
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“Compass” by Mathias 脡nard [Why This Book Should Win]
This entry in the Why This Book Should Win series is from former BTBA judge and founder of the Literary License blog, Gwendolyn Dawson, who聽lives in Houston, TX and is a practicing lawyer. She is a longtime supporter of literature in translation and all literary arts. Compass by Mathias 脡nard, translated from the ...
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“I Remember Nightfall” by Marosa di Giorgio [Why This Book Should Win]
This entry in the Why This Book Should Win series is from BTBA judge and Greenlight Bookstore bookseller Jarrod Annis.聽 I Remember Nightfall by Marosa di Giorgio, translated from the Spanish by Jeannine Marie Pitas (Uruguay, Ugly Duckling Presse) Dark, ethereal, and sensuous, Marosa di Giorgio's prose ...
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“For Isabel: A Mandala” by Antonio Tabucchi [Why This Book Should Win]
This entry in the Why This Book Should Win series is from BTBA judge Jeremy Keng. For Isabel: A Mandala by Antonio Tabucchi, translated from the Italian by Elizabeth Harris (Italy, Archipelago Books) The photographer shifted positions and lit another cigarette in his long ivory holder. He seemed uneasy. Silent, he ...
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“Magnetic Point” by Ryszard Krynicki [Why This Book Should Win]
Today糖心传媒檚 entry from the BTBA poetry longlist is from writer and translator Tess Lewis, who also has a title longlisted on the fiction side of things. Magnetic Point by Ryszard Krynicki, translated from the Polish by Clare Cavanagh (Poland, New Directions) To write so that a hungry man might think it糖心传媒檚 bread? bq., ...
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“Chasing the King of Hearts” by Hanna Krall [Why This Book Should Win]
This entry in the Why This Book Should Win series is from Ruchama Johnston-Bloom, who writes about modern Jewish thought and Orientalism. She has a PhD in the History of Judaism from the University of Chicago and is the Associate Director of Academic Affairs at the London center of CAPA: The Global Education ...
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