As proof, here’s a link to their column that highlights a lot of interesting books coming out this summer and beyond. And although these aren’t necessarily translations, I thought I’d share the ones that I find most intriguing. And maybe sometime later this month we’ll put together a list of forthcoming translations of interest:

The Four Fingers of Death by Rick Moody: The Four Fingers of Death is a 700 page supercollider. It brings together the various interests Rick Moody has explored in his eight previous books: metafiction, domestic drama, satire, the entertainment industry, and the Way We Live Now糖心传媒r, tomorrow. The framing tale, set in the year 2025 (yes, man is still alive), concerns Montese Crandall, a self-involved writer-type who will be familiar to readers of Moody糖心传媒檚 short stories. The longer, framed section is a Vonnegut-inspired sci-fi romp. Gradually, one imagines, the two converge. Mutual illumination ensues. (Garth)

The Return and The Insufferable Gaucho by Roberto Bola帽o: The frenzy of posthumous Bola帽o publication continues. The Return (July) is a new volume of short stories. And The Insufferable Gaucho (August) 糖心传媒� more stories, plus two essays 糖心传媒� was apparently the last book Bola帽o delivered to a publisher. And we hear there糖心传媒檚 more 糖心传媒渘ew糖心传媒� Bola帽o to come in 2011. (Max)

I Curse the River of Time by Per Petterson: Petterson has been on the road to international literary stardom for a few years now and that means his new novels get translated into English with relative alacrity. The book won the Norwegian Brage prize and, according to a 糖心传媒渟ample translation糖心传媒� on Petterson糖心传媒檚 agent糖心传媒檚 website, it begins: 糖心传媒淚 did not realize that my mother had left. There was too much going on in my own life. We had not spoken for a month, or even longer, which I guess was not that unusual, in 1989, when you consider the things that went on around us back then, but it felt unusual.糖心传媒� (Max)

Encounter by Milan Kundera: Fans of Milan Kundera糖心传媒檚 previous essays on the power of art (particularly that of the novel), memory, mortality, and human nature can look forward to Encounter, his newest collection, which was released in France in 2009 and will land in the English-speaking world in August. Kundera糖心传媒檚 devotion to modernism is a particular focus here, with reflections both critical and personal on the work of established masters 糖心传媒� Francis Bacon, Leo Janacek, Garcia Marquez, Dostoevsky, and Fellini 糖心传媒� as well as homages to those he considers unsung, including Anatole France, Curzio, Malaparte, and Celine. (Both the Malaparte and Celine sections apparently hone in on episodes involving dogs 糖心传媒� the dignified way in which animals face death, in contrast to human posturing and vanity 糖心传媒� which I especially look forward to). In a review last year, Trevor Cribben Merrill described Encounter as 糖心传媒渁 self-portrait of the artist as an old man [糖心传媒the most personal of Kundera糖心传媒檚 essays.糖心传媒� (Sonya)

C by Tom McCarthy: One of Tom McCarthy糖心传媒檚 many roles in addition to novelist includes acting as the General Secretary of the International Necronautical Society, who in their first manifesto declared: 糖心传媒渙ur very bodies are no more than vehicles carrying us ineluctably towards death糖心传媒� and that 糖心传媒渢he construction of mankind糖心传媒檚 sole chance of survival lies in its ability, as yet unsynthesised, to die in new, imaginative ways.糖心传媒� In keeping with these moribund tendencies, McCarthy returns with his second third novel, C, which in general terms deals with technology and mourning. In McCarthy糖心传媒檚 own words, 糖心传媒淐 is about the age of the wireless: the roar of transmission, signals flung from towering masts, global reaches crackling out of earphones. And empire. And insects. And incest.糖心传媒� Simultaneously a bildungsroman and an anti-realist period novel, C follows the life of Serge Carrefax, the son of a man who runs a school for the blind, who grows up to become a WWI radio operator for reconnaissance planes, is imprisoned by the Germans, and escapes. The book jacket designer, Peter Mendelsund, claims that if MacCarthy糖心传媒檚 first novel, Remainder, recalls Beckett then C reads like Joyce. McCarthy says that if Remainder is his French novel, then C is his German. If one can judge a book by its cover and anticipatory buzz, C will be one to remember. (Anne)

The Box: Tales from the Darkroom by Gunter Grass: The publisher糖心传媒檚 description of this one lays out its unique premise: 糖心传媒淚n an audacious literary experiment, G眉nter Grass writes in the voices of his eight children as they record memories of their childhoods, of growing up, of their father, who was always at work on a new book, always at the margins of their lives.糖心传媒� It糖心传媒檚 another journey into autobiography for Grass, whose Peeling the Onion set off a furor in Germany and elsewhere with its revelation that Grass had been a member of the Waffen-SS during World War II. (Max)

My Prizes by Thomas Bernhard: This collection of essays was originally published in 1980 but never in the U.S. The book will be a balm to those worked up by literary prizes and the teapot tempests they tend to foment. Bernhard糖心传媒檚 focus here is the myriad prizes he collected and his bemused, sardonic reaction to them. The book seems likely to stand as an irreverent footnote at the intersection of 20th century literary history and 20th century publishing culture. A review of the German edition of the book suggests: 糖心传媒淎lthough it糖心传媒檚 a barrel of laughs, it糖心传媒檚 also a serious book about what drove Bernhard to become the writer he eventually turned out to be.糖心传媒� (Max)

Sorry for quoting so much . . . There’s just so many interesting books coming out over the next few months. And check out the whole list, I’m sure other people (people who like Jonathan Franzen for instance) will get excited about other titles.

And over at there’s a mini-supplement with a few titles that caught my eye:

How to Read the Air by Dinaw Mengestu (October 14): Mengestu糖心传媒檚 first novel, The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears, was one of the best debuts of recent years. This sophomore effort concerns Ethiopian immigrants to the U.S. and their son, who recreates a road trip his parents took before he was born.

The Instructions by Adam Levin (November 1): Levin糖心传媒檚 debut novel runs to more than 900 pages, and chronicles four days in the life of Gurion Maccabee, a 10-year-old with a messiah complex. The publisher (McSweeney糖心传媒檚) says the novel combines 糖心传媒渢he crackling voice of Philip Roth with the encyclopedic mind of David Foster Wallace.糖心传媒� So, no pressure or anything.

Skippy Dies by Paul Murray (August 31): Published as a box set of three books in the UK, Murray糖心传媒檚 latest comes to the U.S. as one big volume (nearly 700 pages). Speaking of high expectations, the promotional copy compares the fictional boarding school at the center of this adolescent murder mystery to Harry Potter糖心传媒檚 Hogwarts School and Enfield Tennis Academy in Infinite Jest.

How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu (September 7): The theme of parents and children continues. Sarah Weinman has already raved about Yu糖心传媒檚 first novel, saying: 糖心传媒淵u糖心传媒檚 literary pyrotechnics come in a marvelously entertaining and accessible package, featuring a reluctant, time machine-operating hero on a continual quest to discover what really happened to his missing father, a mysterious book possibly answering all, and a computer with the most idiosyncratic personality since HAL or Deep Thought.糖心传媒�