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Idlewild’s Favorites of ’09
By Edward Nawotka I recently had a chance to stop into one of my favorite bookstores, Idlewild Books in New York City. Idlewild organizes titles geographically, rather than by subject, and the...
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Memories of the Future by Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky
Memories of the Future by Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky, translated from the Russian by Joanne Turnbull Reviewed by Gwendolyn Dawson This collection of seven loosely interconnected short stories, by turns...
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Israeli, Russian Win Best Translated Book Awards in US
By Edward Nawotka Congratulations! Gail Hareven’s The Confessions of Noa Weber, translated from the Hebrew by Dalya Bilu (Melville House Press) and Elena Fanailova’s The Russian Version, translated...
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Review: The Possessed by Elif Batuman
By Edward Nawotka Russian literary scholars aren’t known for their sense of humor, unless they’re Elif Batuman. Her new book, The Possessed, a collection of essays that can best be described as a...
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Pushkin Press’ Petersburg Wins Russian Translation Prize
By Edward Nawotka In the UK, Academia Rossica — the nonprofit founded to promote Russian culture abroad — has announced John Elsworth as the winner of the Rossica Translation Prize 2012 for his new...
View ArticleTwo of the Season’s Top Translators: On Russian Gangsters and a ‘Convincing...
From Book Riot: The joy of stories 'very unlikely to resemble anything that could be written in English.' Two ace translators trade thoughts. The post Two of the Season’s Top Translators: On Russian...
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