“Island of Point Nemo” by Jean-Marie Blas de Robl猫s
The Island of Point Nemo聽by Jean-Marie Blas de Robl猫s translated from the French by Hannah Chute 450 pgs. | pb |聽9781940953625 | $17.95 Open Letter Books Reviewed by Katherine Rucker The Island of Point Nemo is a novel tour by plane, train, automobile, blimp, horse, and submarine through a world that I can ...
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Another take on “The Invented Part” by Rodrigo Fres谩n
The Invented Part聽by Rodrigo Fres谩n translated from the Spanish by Will Vanderhyden 552 pgs. | pb |聽9781940953564 | $18.95 Open Letter Books Reviewed by Tiffany Nichols Imagine reading a work that suddenly and very accurately calls out you, the reader, for not providing your full attention to the act of ...
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Open Letter Pop-Up at Hart's Grocery!
For the first time ever, this Saturday (July 1st), Open Letter Books will have a pop-up shop in Downtown Rochester. From 12-2 and from 4-6, we’ll be outside of Hart’s Local Grocers displaying a wide selection of our books. We’ve never done anything like this before, but since it’s the weekend of ...
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“The Invented Part” by Rodrigo Fres谩n
The Invented Part聽by Rodrigo Fres谩n translated from the Spanish by Will Vanderhyden 552 pgs. | pb |聽9781940953564 | $18.95 Open Letter Books Reviewed by Chad W. Post Given all the Two Month Review posts and everything else, hopefully you糖心传媒檒l have heard of Rodrigo Fres谩n糖心传媒檚 The Invented Part by now. But ...
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Margaret Jull Costa and Robin Patterson on their BTBA Win
I asked the winners of this year’s Best Translated Book Award to send in some comments—or a video—about the prize, their project, etc. The first to arrive is the following from Margaret Jull Costa and Robin Patterson about their translation of L煤cio Cardoso’s Chronicle of the Murdered House. We ...
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"Bardo or Not Bardo" Wins the Inaugural Albertine Prize!
Antoine Volodine’s Bardo or Not Bardo, translated by J. T. Mahany has won the first ever Albertine Prize—a reader糖心传媒檚 choice award celebrating contemporary French fiction. The book had to go through two rounds of public voting, moving from a longlist of ten titles, to a three title shortlist before eventually ...
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"Chronicle of the Murdered House" and "Extracting the Stone of Madness" Win the 2017 BTBA!
The tenth annual Best Translated Book Awards were announced this evening at The Folly in New York City, and at The Millions with L煤cio Cardoso糖心传媒檚 Chronicle of the Murdered House, translated from the Portuguese by Margaret Jull Costa and Robin Patterson, winning for fiction, and Alejandra Pizarnik糖心传媒檚 Extracting the Stone of ...
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