Vincent Kling reviews Sam Taylor’s translation of Laurent Binet’s «Civilizations», examining the tension between fiction and history that pervades all three of Binet’s novels.
The Inca Conquest of Europe
Feminism, Translation, and the Importance of Local Context
Jennifer Boum Make reviews Una Dimitrijevic’s translation of Emma’s «The Emotional Load and Other Invisible Stuff» and highlights the translator’s role as cultural mediator.
Cascading Splendor: Doderer’s «The Strudlhof Steps»
«Of course, simply having a translation of a great book is not enough; ideally it should be worthy of its source. Vincent Kling's translation admirably fulfills this hope.»
A Writer Preoccupied
Sam Carter examines the relationships between testimony, hybridity, resistance, and ruin in Julián Fuks’ polyvocal work of autofiction, «Occupation».
«Mahagony»: A Colloquy of French-American Voices
Matt Reeck unpacks Betsy Wing’s latest translation of Édouard Glissant – his fifth novel, «Mahagony» – as hybrid chronicle, postcolonial autoethnography, and polyvocal colloquy.
The Light in the Wood: Saer’s «The Regal Lemon Tree»
Juan Agustín Mucci examines the metaphysical and syntactic complexities of Juan José Saer’s prose through an analysis of Sergio Waisman’s translation of «The Regal Lemon Tree».
