Opening the Gate of the Sun
Read Adam Shatz's LRB post on the removal of 250 Palestinians from Bab al-Shams, which takes its name from Elias Khoury's novel Gate of the Sun. 'The imaginary and the real have met in a way that is totally amazing," Khoury says. Click here to read Khoury's
Read David Ulin's review of Yannis Ritsos's Diaries of Exile in the LA Times
Its power comes from the way it blends the diaristic with the poetic
from Janet Tucker Sarmatian Review — a review of Moving Parts
One of the most gifted of contemporary European writers, Magdalena Tulli creates an intricate and, ultimately, inhospitable fictional world in her unsettling and fine novel Moving Parts. Tulli has been hailed as the “new Bruno Schulz,” but her literary heritage
James Wood names My Struggle one of his Books of the Year in The New Yorker
In Page Turner, The New Yorker's book blog, James Wood names My Struggle: Book One one of his books of the year: I loved My Struggle
Two Archipelago titles in The Quarterly Conversation's Favorites of the Year
Jeff Bursey names My Struggle Book One and In Red as two of his favorite reads this year in The Quarterly Conversation.
#1: My Struggle, by Karl Ove Knausgaard. This hit me where I write and in what I think of family relations. To the first: the play of ideas mixed with the recitation of events is powerful.
The Flying Creatures … on NPR's All Things Considered
Alan Cheuse reviews Antonio Tabucchi's The Flying Creatures of Fra Angelico on NPR's All Things Considered. Wonderfully thought-provoking and beautiful. Listen here.
Interview with Mircea Cărtărescu, Romanian author of the forthcoming Blinding
Mircea Cărtărescu, author of the forthcoming Blinding.(Source: http://www.youtube.com/)
NEA Blog: Translation Section
Check out the nifty Translation section of the NEA Blog: http://artworks.arts.gov/?tag=nea-and-literary-translation
My Favorite Untranslatable Words
It’s my last day as an Archipelago Books intern and I had a sudden urge to post a long, unnecessary list of my favorite untranslatable words, from the hilariously specific to the heartwarmingly universal. These and more at Better Than