Kasper

Alleen even wanneer Hongaarse schrijvers grote prijzen winnen.

Zwart, ellende, ondergang. Laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaange zinnen (soms een heel boek in 1 zin). Je zal het vakmanschap van de vertalers waarderen, dit is echt next-level

Satantango, Melancholy of Resistance.

Een apocalyptische vlag

Congrats to László K and his fearless translator troops, also including Mari Alföldy, Hans Skirecki, and more

Congratulations, mate. I hope some Berlin bookstore will stock your book, so I can avoid the big chains.

Scribe bought the rights - look at the list of countries! www.uitgeverijpassage.nl/internationa...
Great story - she published about 10 books without big success. All big publishers rejected her, so she chose a small one, 10 minutes from her home by bicycle. Then The Remembered Soldier came out.

So great to see this on your blog! Daanje is from the same provincial town as I am (1 street away from me), but her scope is much greater. Her next book is one for the ages too: a fictionalised life of Emily Brontë, told in 11 linked novellas. Hope it soon reaches the Eng speaking market as well.

Peter Matthiessen
Vladimir Sorokin
Clemens J. Setz
Yoko Tawada
Jaroslav Rudiš
Bohumil Hrabal
Johan Harstad
Olga Tokarczuk
Mathias Énard
Jon Fosse

Legs - Order placed

Thank you, I will put them on my list in any case

Great recommendation! If you know, should I read his Albany Cycle in order or can I just dive in?

The ones in English:

Jaroslav Rudiš - Winterberg's Last Journey (do not miss this one!)

Gonçalo M. Tavares - Jerusalem

Mathias Énard - The Annual Banquet of the Gravediggers' Guild

Dag Solstad - Shyness and Dignity

There also is a single volume edition, very expensive. There are many notes and clarifications by the translator in each of the four books, very well done. I have the Royall Tyler translation as well, for extra info

You can be sure I'm reading along, with Jos Vos's translation into Dutch. A second time through book 1-2, the other two will be a maiden trip. Thank you for doing this!

@louisarmand.bsky.social I will be in town end of the month - please let me know if it works!

Ich habe noch nicht alles auf dem Bild gelesen, und ich verstehe auch nicht alles was sie in ihren Geschichten schreibt, muss ich ehrlich sagen. Aber genau deswegen lese ich sie - die Realität zwingt uns ja schon ständig alles durchschauen zu können.

Halbes Jahr vergangen, aber ich hab ihn gefunden und gelesen - toller Text zu einer meiner liebsten Schriftstellerinnen, vielen Dank! Auch toll die Tonaufnahme von Meike Rötzer zu hören.

Where to start with Old Vlad Nabokov? #booksky

Whole 'nother Story - February KMOX's Kevin Killeen complains about the feel of February in this Whole 'nother Story. YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/kmox1120 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kmox1120 Twitter: https://twitter.com/kmoxnews

February. It's bleak, but it's honest.

If AI were plagiarising Disney, Warners, etc, it would have been shut down. But it plagiarises freelance writers & artists. Publishers response? Tumbleweed…PRH’s anti-scraping line is belied by its intention to “use generative AI tools […] where we see a clear case that they can advance our goals.”

YouTube video by KMOX1120 Whole 'nother Story - February

February. It is the cruelest month.

Het ROEGEN der huid

Helemaal mee eens, en al is het ingewikkeld, dat kun jij wel aan toch?

So you had half an hour to get my pre-order ready. But OK, I'll wait

Wer es nicht wusste: Nationalsozialismus liegt in der Familie bei Friedrich #Merz. Das ist nämlich sein Großvater:

Brilliant, love it! Can I pre-order, and if not yet, can I pre-pre-order? Need this as soon as possible.

Unfug

Chris Ware's Building Stories - a graphic novel in a box

Got me something special today. Thanks to the always well-stocked Grober Umfug comics store in Berlin.