Jenna Tang immerses herself in the nostalgic sensory world of Derek Chung’s poetry collection «A Cha Chaan Teng That Does Not Exist», translated from the Chinese by May Huang.
Translating Home
Tongues upon Tongues
Amanda L. Andrei is swept away by the flowing lyricism of «Glossolalia», Marlon Hacla’s book of poems translated from Filipino by Kristine Ong Muslim for Ugly Duckling Presse.
“mit diesem grenzhandel / an der sprache”
Daniel Rabuzzi reviews Uljana Wolf’s poetry collection «kochanie, today I bought bread» and admires the cleverness of Greg Nissan in bringing the work from German to English.
Shuffling from East to West
Matt Jakubowksi considers the contemporary political and social resonances of Brigitte Reimann’s novel «Siblings», translated by Lucy Jones and depicting Cold War-era Germany.
Echoes Across Seas and Borders
Matt Reeck reviews the first two volumes of Kayali, a new series of Antillean translations from Nathanaël and Quattro Books.
Review of Hermann Burger’s «Brenner»
Vincent Kling introduces us to the work of Hermann Burger and to Adrian Nathan West's remarkable translation of his novel «Brenner».
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