And it’s quite good

What Do You Look for in Modern Translation?

Posted on October 9, 2013 by goldcoastbooklovers

By the fab Daniel Mendelsohn and Dana Stevens

Found in translation

Posted on September 20, 2013 by goldcoastbooklovers

Now published in the UK, following last year’s American edition courtesy of McSweeney’s, Multiples: 12 stories in 18 languages by 61 authors is a paradox: it is full of copies that are also originals.

Via The Times Lit Supplement

U.Va. Student Redefines Academic Study of Argentinian Author

Posted on June 1, 2012 by goldcoastbooklovers

Ineteresting take on J L Borges, read here

The Benefits of Being Bilingual

Posted on May 20, 2012 by goldcoastbooklovers

So it’s not all bad to be an immigrant!

Via Wired

50th Anniversary of a Classic

Posted on April 2, 2012 by goldcoastbooklovers

A little known classic

Jose Zaramago Serialized – Part1

Posted on March 17, 2012 by goldcoastbooklovers

Via Guernica Magazine

In this issue, Guernica serialised Portuguese Nobel laureate Jose Saramago, whose fable on the rebellion of Things appears in a new collection of stories in English.

Click here to read part1