It takes a translator to transport you both ways. Lu Xun’s Jottings under Lamplight, edited by Eileen Cheng and Kirk Denton with a host of other translators, is an extraordinary portrait of an era that I knew almost nothing about… until…
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Lu Xun: Jottings under Lamplight
Tagged with: books, China, Chinese, Eileen Cheng, Harvard University Press, Hu Ying, Jottings under Lamplight, Kirk Denton, Lu Xun, Translation
Posted in books, history, translation
Posted in books, history, translation
Murty Classical Library’s Therīgāthā: Poems of the First Buddhist Women
A thing of beauty was released into the world today. It was already there, but now more people can read it. The first five volumes of the Murty Classical Library of Indian literature are now published: 2 millennia of culture…
Tagged with: Buddhism, Charles Hallisey, Dhammadina, Harvard University Press, India, Literature, Massolit Books, Murty Classical Library, Pali, Poetry, Sallie Tisdale, Therigatha, Translation
Posted in books, international, literature, poetry, translation
Posted in books, international, literature, poetry, translation
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