Sorrow-Maker Gospodinov (Part 1, Pgs 1-58)
This week we will be looking at the opening section of Georgi Gospodinov糖心传媒檚 The Physics of Sorrow. If you didn糖心传媒檛 already, you can catch the conversation between Chad Post, Tom Roberge, and Brian Wood on this section of the book at Three Percent or on YouTube for the unedited, behind the scenes full audio-visual experience ...
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Less Than Deadly Serious
Every spring, I teach a class on 糖心传媒淲orld Literature & Translation糖心传媒 in which we read ~10 new translations, talk to as many of the translators as possible, and then the students have to choose one of the books to win their imaginary 糖心传媒淏est Translated Book Award.糖心传媒 It糖心传媒檚 a great exercise糖心传媒攖rying to explain why they ...
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Two Month Review: #4.02: The Physics of Sorrow (Part I, Pgs 1-58)
Chad and Brian are joined by Tom Roberge of Riffraff (and the Three Percent Podcast) to discuss the first section of Georgi Gospodinov糖心传媒檚 The Physics of Sorrow. They talk about the book糖心传媒檚 general conceit, the minotaur myth, Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief, Eastern European history, fascism and communism, and much ...
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Georgi Gospodinov and The Physics of Sorrow (Introduction)
Throughout this season of the Two Month Review, Santiago Morrice will be writing weekly pieces about the section of the book discussed on the previous week糖心传媒檚 podcast. These will likely go a bit more in depth into the style and content of the novel itself, nicely complementing the podcasts. On last week糖心传媒檚 podcast, Chad ...
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Noble Expectations
When I first decided to undertake this project of writing about one 2018 translation a week, I knew that there would come a week in which I didn糖心传媒檛 finish the book that I had planned to write about. This might be due to time constraints, or simply because I didn糖心传媒檛 feel like finishing the book in question. Well, it took ...
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Making the List [BTBA 2018]
This week糖心传媒檚 Best Translated Book Award post is from Tara Cheesman, a freelance book critic and National Book Critics Circle member whose recent reviews can be found at The Rumpus, Book Riot, Los Angeles Review of Books, and Quarterly Conversation. Since 2009 she糖心传媒檚 written the blog Reader At Large (formerly BookSexy ...
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Two Month Review: #4.01: The Physics of Sorrow (Introduction)
The new season of the Two Month Review kicks off now with a general overview Georgi Gospodinov糖心传媒檚 The Physics of Sorrow, one of the most beloved books Open Letter has ever published. Brian糖心传媒檚 on the lam, or in witness protection, or something, so Open Letter senior editor Kaija Straumanis stepped in to talk about one of the ...
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