Gabriel Garcia Marquez's Long Lost Film Script
From The Guardian: A story about an ageing pistolero and his much younger partner penned over 40 years ago by a struggling writer called Gabriel García Márquez could soon make it on to the big screen. Mexican actor and producer Rodolfo de Anda says he has just acquired the rights to the long-forgotten screenplay ...
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Solzhenitsyn's The First Circle
From the AP: An uncut edition of Aleksander Solzhenitsyn’s The First Circle, a highly praised and controversial novel published 40 years ago and heavily edited because of its story of a Soviet prison camp, is finally coming out in English. “The First Circle is one of the most important novels of the ...
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Interview with Bill Johnston and More on Magdalena Tulli
Someone from Polish Writing posted this in the comments section, and since it’s such a good interview, I thought I’d post about it separately. First off though, if you haven’t seen Polish Writing, it’s definitely worth checking out. Great interviews, info about Polish books and authors, and even a ...
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Counterpath and Von Doderer
One of the fun things about Book Expo America is that it offers a great opportunity to find out about new presses, magazines, bookstores, etc. It can be difficult when you’re blinded by the Random House fortress or the overwhelming Ingram “booth,” but there is a lot going on at the fringes. I’ve been ...
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Cool Idea for a Book Event
Over at The Valve there’s an interesting reading event taking place that could be a really cool model for future online book clubs. The book at the center of this event is Douglas Wolk’s very interesting Reading Comics. But it’s the structure of this “event” that got me intrigued. ...
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Reading the World 2008: Serve the People! by Yan Lianke
This is the seventeenth Reading the World 2008 title we’re covering. Write-ups of the other titles can be found here. And information about the Reading the World program—a special collaboration between publishers and independent booksellers to promote literature in translation throughout the month of June—is ...
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50 Outstanding Translations
To celebrate its 50th anniversary, the Translators Association of the Society of Authors has released a list of 50 outstanding translations from the last 50 years. We love us a good list, and like all top XX compilations, this one should generate some discussion. In the Times comment section, someone points out that Edith ...
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