World Literature Today reviews The Woman of Porto Pim
Monica Seger of the University of Oklahoma reviews The Woman of Porto Pim in World Literarure Today: "On a final note, I must add that this reviewer had the pleasure of reading The Woman of Porto Pim at the seaside. If at all
Pleiades reviews Wheel with a Single Spoke
Nichita Stanescu. Wheel with a Single Spoke. Trans. Sean Cotter. Archipelago Books, 2012 A quick study of Nichita Stanescu (1933-1983) reveals that he is “generally recognized as the preeminent Romanian poet of the postWorld War II period” (Spiridon). In the afterword
The TLS reviews Selected Tales of the Brothers Grimm
TLS, July 19, 2013 Selected Tales of the Brothers Grimm Peter Wortsman (editor and translator) 280pp. Archipelago Books. Paperback, £16.99. 978 1 945744 76 4. The perennial appeal of the Grimms’ fairy tales has provided work for many talented translators, including Brian Alderson, David Luke, Joyce
Review of THE BOTTOM OF THE JAR in Chimurenga Magazine
REVIEW of THE BOTTOM OF THE JAR Chimurenga Magazine, Cape Town – Chronic Books Supplement August 19, 2013 by Stacy Hardy and Wanjiru Koinange THE BOTTOM OF THE JAR Abdellatif Laâbi (translated by André Naffis-Sahely) Archipelago Books, 2013 Born in Fez in 1942, Abdellatif Laâbi co-founded the
BOOK CURRENTS: The Turkish Soundscape
Archipelago’s Scott Beauchamp recently returned from Turkey and, continuing in the vein of his last post, offers insight into the Turkish literary landscape: You’re going to have to forgive me if I wax poetic about my recent trip to Istanbul. In
Angela Woodward reviews Archipelago's translations of Magdalena Tulli in the LA Review of Books
Read the full essay here. Tulli gives her reader the exhilaration of a child peering into a doll’s house or studying a finely wrought illustration from an old storybook. Her wealth of detail pleases unceasingly. Yet with the creation of beauty
Celebrating Erasure III: The Jefferson Bible
Continuing in our series Celebrating Erasure, this week we focus on one of the most curious examples of erasure: the Jefferson Bible. Thomas Jefferson set out to extract every supernatural element of the New Testament. Starting with a beautiful leather-bound
Goodbye, Florence!
Today is a bittersweet day for the Archipelago office. It's the final day for our very dear Florence Lui! She's off to pursue a PhD in Clinical Psychology at CUNY -- so we expect to see her at various literary
Happy Birthday, Albert Cohen!
Albert Cohen with his wife, translator Bella Cohen, 1979 (courtesy of Marc Riboud) Tomorrow, August 16, marks the 118th birthday of French author Albert Cohen (1895-1981). Perhaps known best for his novel, Belle de Seigneur, which was awarded the French Academy's Grand Prix du Roman, Albert Cohen