January 2011
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She wonders whether the sentences go out looking...
-Visitation, Jenny Erpenbeck
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“Sometimes I think cities are just bowls or catch basins that exist to always be...”
– Ariana Reines, “The Cow”
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McNally Jackson Bookmongers: theparisreview:... →
theparisreview:
“There was deep snow on the ground. I was in a sleigh, wearing my red wool hat and wrapped in my fur cloak. I had lost my boots that day, on my way to see an exhibition of savages from Africa. All the windows were open, and I was smoking my pipe. The river was dark. The trees…
hey, @mcnallyjackson, where can we get our hands on that little lydia davis COWS gem?? (the...
HMH Literature in Translation: The longlist for... →
towirr:
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hmhlit:
The longlist for 2011 Best Translated Book was announced today by Three Percent.
The 2011 BTBA Fiction Longlist (in alphabetical order by author):
The Literary Conference by César Aira, translated from the Spanish by Katherine Silver (New Directions)
The Golden Age by Michal…
Aira, Ajvaz’s The Golden Age, and Walser’s Microscripts were all store...
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