Translated from French by Tanya Leslie (Fitzcarraldo Editions, 2021) Simple Passion is the story of an all-consuming love affair: in it, Ernaux details the way…
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I had intended to post this piece in December, but the end of the year brought some unexpected challenges and I had to delay it…
Esther Kinsky, Grove, translated from German by Caroline Schmidt (Fitzcarraldo Editions, 2020) Grove is a story of mourning: the narrator has recently lost her love, and…
Translated from French by Tanya Leslie (Fitzcarraldo Editions, 2020) The release of A Man’s Place makes Annie Ernaux the most published author at Fitzcarraldo Editions:…
Translated from Spanish (Mexico) by Sophie Hughes (Fitzcarraldo Editions, 2020) Fernanda Melchor’s Hurricane Season is a torrential vision of people on the margins of society, and…
Nicci Praça has had a long and successful career in publishing: she was Head of Publicity for Quercus, where she launched MacLehose Press and did…
2020 looks set to be an exciting year for women in translation: if, like me, you’re thinking about what your reading year will hold in…
I’m off on holiday for a couple of weeks, and by the time I return Women in Translation Month will be in full swing. This…
The picks Last week saw the announcement of the Man Booker Prize longlist, and with it a remarkable and welcome surge of women in translation:…
I always make new year’s resolutions. Not in a “go to the gym, learn a new skill, tick something off the bucket list” kind of…