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Tag: Fitzcarraldo Editions

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Review: SIMPLE PASSION by Annie Ernaux

Posted on 1st Apr, 20211st Apr, 2021 by Helen Vassallo

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…

Opinion post

Women in translation 2020: my literary picks for the year that was…       

Posted on 5th Jan, 20215th Jan, 2021 by Helen Vassallo

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…

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REVIEW: Esther Kinsky, GROVE and Jean Frémon, NATIVITY

Posted on 9th Dec, 20208th Dec, 2020 by Helen Vassallo

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…

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Review: Annie Ernaux, A MAN’S PLACE

Posted on 3rd Nov, 20203rd Nov, 2020 by Helen Vassallo

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:…

Review

Review: Fernanda Melchor, Hurricane Season

Posted on 19th Feb, 202019th Feb, 2020 by Helen Vassallo

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…

Building Bridges interview series

Building Bridges interview series: Nicci Praça

Posted on 5th Feb, 20205th Feb, 2020 by Helen Vassallo

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…

Opinion post

20 books to watch out for in 2020

Posted on 15th Jan, 202020th Jan, 2020 by Helen Vassallo

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…

General

20 books to inspire your summer reading

Posted on 19th Jul, 2019 by Helen Vassallo

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…

Opinion post

The Man Booker International 2019 longlist: picks, celebrations, and regrets

Posted on 21st Mar, 201921st Mar, 2019 by Helen Vassallo

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:…

Opinion post

Women in translation 2019: reflections and resolutions

Posted on 9th Jan, 20199th Jan, 2019 by Helen Vassallo

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…

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official_fozWill Forrester@official_foz·
3 Jan

Translators anywhere in the world: @englishpen's #PENPresents is now open for proposals to create sample translations of previously untranslated works

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GlobalLitinGlobalLiteratureinLibrariesInitiative@GlobalLitin·
3 Jan

Fish Soup by Margarita García Robayo, tr. by Charlotte Coombe – an entertaining story collection... probes corners of society that remain largely impenetrable. It’s unapologetic – as well as humorous & devastating in turn. A review:

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ifru_londonInstitut français UK@ifru_london·
14 Dec

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Nina Bouraoui's Satisfaction is an intimate glimpse into Mme Akli's life, her thoughts, feelings & impressions in 1970s Algeria, exploring closure, desire & love gone astray

Satisfation, edited by @HeloisePress translated by @aneesa50abbas

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LLCatEdinburghLLCatEdinburgh@LLCatEdinburgh·
12 Dec

Earlier this year, we spoke to graduate @rosie_hedger who came to university after @LEAPS1996, fell in love with Norwegian, and became a literary translator. Rosie works almost exclusively with female writers, inc. @marieau and @HelgaFlatland. https://t.co/JyuoQah5nf #LuciaFest

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translatewomenTranslating Women@translatewomen·
9 Dec

Another Tilted triumph... just read Monique Ilboudo's SO DISTANT FROM MY LIFE, a pulsing yet sobering story of emigration attempts, family bonds, unexpected generosity & global indifference in a vibrant translation by Yarri Kamara. @TiltedAxisPress blazing a trail once again.

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