Tag: translation
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Shame by Annie Ernaux
Shame is another delicate and devastating memoir. Annie Ernaux is a master of excavating trauma
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“Sometimes translation is almost like a session of free association.”
Human translators for literary work aren’t going anywhere soon
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“…old wine in new bottles, not what Jesus ordered”
In a magazine called The Point, Scott Sherman interviews Edwin Frank. Frank is the editor of NYRB Classics, which just gave me the best surprise I’ve had in a long time. It’s a pretty highbrow piece — lots of the references went over my head, but if you’re a nerd for old books, it’s absolutely…