The cat walks by himself. He is beautifully presented, and can be utterly charming – or utterly not. He accepts loyal and attentive service, but gives nothing in return, and leaves when he is ready. The comparisons to Bulgakov seem…
Monthly Archives: January 2018
My Cat Yugoslavia
Tagged with: books, David Hackston, Dublin Literary Award, Finnish, Kissani Yugoslavia, My Cat Yugoslavia, Pajtim Statovci, Translation
Posted in books, Dublin Literary Award, translation
Posted in books, Dublin Literary Award, translation
Odyssey
Once upon a time, not all that long ago, there was an eight-year-old girl in pigtails who was lucky enough to go to the sort of primary school where eight-year-old girls get to play the Goddess Athena in the school…
Tagged with: books, Emily Wilson, Greece, Greek, Homer, Odyssey, Poetry, Translation
Posted in books, Folklore, history, poetry, translation
Posted in books, Folklore, history, poetry, translation
1918: Moonstone
This book jolts you into a world that feels simultaneously very long ago and far away, and startlingly modern. Maybe a century ago isn’t that long ago, after all? The orphan boy of the title is rooted in both a…
Tagged with: 1918, books, Dublin Literary Award, Iceland, Icelandic, Moonstone, Sjón, Translation, Victoria Cribb
Posted in books, cinema, Dublin Literary Award, translation
Posted in books, cinema, Dublin Literary Award, translation
found in translation 