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Best Translated Book 2008 Longlist: The Lemoine Affair by Marcel Proust

For the next several weeks we’ll be highlighting a book-a-day from the 25-title Best Translated Book of 2008 fiction longlist, leading up to the announcement of the 10 finalists. Click here for all previous write-ups. The Lemoine Affair by Marcel Proust, translated from the French by Charlotte Mandell. (France, ...

50 Greatest Books Ever Written

Over the coming year, an international panel chosen by The Globe and Mail will select the 50 Greatest Books ever written. Each week, a single work will be discussed by an expert or a writer passionate about the work in question. This is the second in the series. This week, they’re talking about In Search of Lost ...

Anne Garréta at InTranslation

InTranslation has a sample translation of Anne Garréta’s La Décomposition online: Anne Garréta’s La Décomposition, written over a four-year period and published in 1999, is the story of a serial killer. However, given that the author is a member of Oulipo, and the killer well versed in ...