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‘Marketa Lazarová’ by Vladislav Vančura (1931)
At the murky birth of Northern Europe, a showdown between Bohemian brigands draws in German troops. The prose is incredibly vivid, but keeps the spirit of a folktale. The forest warps with the characters once the frost begins to thaw
At the murky birth of Northern Europe, a showdown between Bohemian brigands draws in German troops. The prose is incredibly vivid, but keeps the spirit of a folktale. The forest warps with the characters once the frost begins to thaw
November 28, 2025 at 8:37 AM
‘Marketa Lazarová’ by Vladislav Vančura (1931)
At the murky birth of Northern Europe, a showdown between Bohemian brigands draws in German troops. The prose is incredibly vivid, but keeps the spirit of a folktale. The forest warps with the characters once the frost begins to thaw
At the murky birth of Northern Europe, a showdown between Bohemian brigands draws in German troops. The prose is incredibly vivid, but keeps the spirit of a folktale. The forest warps with the characters once the frost begins to thaw
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The doughnuts at a viral Japanese bakery chain are breathy, yeasty, tender, and warm. “It was the dream doughnut I didn’t realize I had always yearned for,” Helen Rosner writes.
https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/EII61Q
https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/EII61Q
I’m Donut ? and the Allure of the International Chain
The viral Japanese bakery, now with a location in Times Square, is one of the few imported brands that has broken through to become genuinely hot while maintaining considerable good will.
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November 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The doughnuts at a viral Japanese bakery chain are breathy, yeasty, tender, and warm. “It was the dream doughnut I didn’t realize I had always yearned for,” Helen Rosner writes.
https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/EII61Q
https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/EII61Q
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What an incredible achievement to be recognised alongside some of the finest literature of the year across both fiction and non-fiction. Congratulations also to translator Hildegard Serle and to Europa Editions.
November 27, 2025 at 4:10 PM
What an incredible achievement to be recognised alongside some of the finest literature of the year across both fiction and non-fiction. Congratulations also to translator Hildegard Serle and to Europa Editions.
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🍆 NEW NINETY-NINE NOVELS EPISODE🍆
This week, the thorny issue of PORTNOY’S COMPLAINT by PHILIP ROTH. Is the novel more than its reputation? Is it really just about onanism? Roth expert Matthew Shipe helps us find out.
All the usual places and here: www.anthonyburgess.org/blog-posts/n...
This week, the thorny issue of PORTNOY’S COMPLAINT by PHILIP ROTH. Is the novel more than its reputation? Is it really just about onanism? Roth expert Matthew Shipe helps us find out.
All the usual places and here: www.anthonyburgess.org/blog-posts/n...
November 26, 2025 at 9:48 AM
🍆 NEW NINETY-NINE NOVELS EPISODE🍆
This week, the thorny issue of PORTNOY’S COMPLAINT by PHILIP ROTH. Is the novel more than its reputation? Is it really just about onanism? Roth expert Matthew Shipe helps us find out.
All the usual places and here: www.anthonyburgess.org/blog-posts/n...
This week, the thorny issue of PORTNOY’S COMPLAINT by PHILIP ROTH. Is the novel more than its reputation? Is it really just about onanism? Roth expert Matthew Shipe helps us find out.
All the usual places and here: www.anthonyburgess.org/blog-posts/n...
Flicking through a few reviews by Anthony Burgess
November 27, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Flicking through a few reviews by Anthony Burgess
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The National Telepathy Roque Larraquy Review
The National Telepathy by Roque Larraquy, skilfully translated by Frank Wynne, is an extraordinary, disturbing, metaphoric read. A satire of scientific racism; a critique of colonialism and its mindset, the novel questions to what extent so-called…
The National Telepathy by Roque Larraquy, skilfully translated by Frank Wynne, is an extraordinary, disturbing, metaphoric read. A satire of scientific racism; a critique of colonialism and its mindset, the novel questions to what extent so-called…
The National Telepathy Roque Larraquy Review
The National Telepathy by Roque Larraquy, skilfully translated by Frank Wynne, is an extraordinary, disturbing, metaphoric read. A satire of scientific racism; a critique of colonialism and its mindset, the novel questions to what extent so-called modern civilisation is founded on violence, racism and warping or erasing memory.
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November 27, 2025 at 11:02 AM
The National Telepathy Roque Larraquy Review
The National Telepathy by Roque Larraquy, skilfully translated by Frank Wynne, is an extraordinary, disturbing, metaphoric read. A satire of scientific racism; a critique of colonialism and its mindset, the novel questions to what extent so-called…
The National Telepathy by Roque Larraquy, skilfully translated by Frank Wynne, is an extraordinary, disturbing, metaphoric read. A satire of scientific racism; a critique of colonialism and its mindset, the novel questions to what extent so-called…
It's that time of week what have you been reading from around the world? #translationthurs
November 27, 2025 at 12:13 PM
It's that time of week what have you been reading from around the world? #translationthurs
I think having a head cold was are he main reason I was so down the other day today getting other side of it been a busy few months as well
November 26, 2025 at 11:33 AM
I think having a head cold was are he main reason I was so down the other day today getting other side of it been a busy few months as well
Was in town forgot my book so decided pop in the library and get one and this jumped out at me how could you not pick this book up with that title know its about a after and real events in world war two
November 26, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Was in town forgot my book so decided pop in the library and get one and this jumped out at me how could you not pick this book up with that title know its about a after and real events in world war two
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For #GermanLitMonth, a writer who deserves more attention, Gert Hofmann, and his novel, Our Conquest, exploring the end of the second world war through the eyes of a child:
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Our Conquest
Gert Hofmann’s novel Our Conquest remains some of the earliest of his work we have in English, originally published in 1984 and translated by Christopher Middleton in 1991. Its focus is one we see …
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November 25, 2025 at 8:29 PM
For #GermanLitMonth, a writer who deserves more attention, Gert Hofmann, and his novel, Our Conquest, exploring the end of the second world war through the eyes of a child:
1streading.wordpress.com/2025/11/25/o...
1streading.wordpress.com/2025/11/25/o...
Slowing the blog down a bit to fall back in love with reading
November 24, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Slowing the blog down a bit to fall back in love with reading
Full of cold at moment but off for four days after today
November 24, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Full of cold at moment but off for four days after today
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If you're looking for poetry about Budapest, about post-socialist Central and Eastern Europe—or about illness, dissent, the city as a psychic space—go find a copy of this book.
Gábor Schein: I cannot separate the outside from the inside | hlo.hu - Hungarian Literature Online
We're proud to share an HLO interview with Gábor Schein, author of Beyond the Cordons, a selection of over twenty-five years of his poetry, and translators Ottilie Mulzet and Erika Mihálycsa.
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May 23, 2025 at 6:37 PM
If you're looking for poetry about Budapest, about post-socialist Central and Eastern Europe—or about illness, dissent, the city as a psychic space—go find a copy of this book.
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In March we got the rare chance to sit down with the poet, writer and literary translator George Szirtes in his own home for an interview...
We talked about the role of the poet in England and Hungary, translation, and living life at an angle to both languages. And finally, here it is!
We talked about the role of the poet in England and Hungary, translation, and living life at an angle to both languages. And finally, here it is!
George Szirtes: I saw myself as a Budapest tenement block in an English suburb | hlo.hu - Hungarian Literature Online
George Szirtes, T. S. Eliot Prize-winning poet and recipient of the King's Gold Medal for Poetry, is one of the most prominent figures in contemporary English literature and a committed translator of ...
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June 8, 2025 at 7:47 AM
In March we got the rare chance to sit down with the poet, writer and literary translator George Szirtes in his own home for an interview...
We talked about the role of the poet in England and Hungary, translation, and living life at an angle to both languages. And finally, here it is!
We talked about the role of the poet in England and Hungary, translation, and living life at an angle to both languages. And finally, here it is!
@owengood.bsky.social thanks for the follow
November 21, 2025 at 11:04 AM
@owengood.bsky.social thanks for the follow
www.theguardian.com/wellness/202... getting out of a reading rut
In a reading rut? How to get back into reading for fun
In a world full of distractions, it can be difficult to form a habit that needs attention. Experts advise on getting out of the rut
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November 17, 2025 at 8:53 PM
www.theguardian.com/wellness/202... getting out of a reading rut
@katyderbyshire.bsky.social are you doing the Meyer translation for Die Projektoren ?
November 16, 2025 at 5:44 PM
@katyderbyshire.bsky.social are you doing the Meyer translation for Die Projektoren ?
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Moby Dick was published on this day in 1851, so today's bank note comes from Nantucket and features a large vignette of whalers in a longboat about to harpoon a spouting sperm whale. Also on the right, note the Hydrostatic Oil Press. Manufacturers and Mechanics Bank, Nantucket, MA, $3, Dec 5, 1843.🗃️
November 14, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Moby Dick was published on this day in 1851, so today's bank note comes from Nantucket and features a large vignette of whalers in a longboat about to harpoon a spouting sperm whale. Also on the right, note the Hydrostatic Oil Press. Manufacturers and Mechanics Bank, Nantucket, MA, $3, Dec 5, 1843.🗃️
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Shortlist
Warwick Prize for Women in Translation @womenintranslation.bsky.social
And The Walls Became the World All Around by #JohannaEkstrom tr. #SigridRausing
A series of handwritten notebooks detailing Ekstrom’s impressions, memories & dreams, as life's clock ticks ominously.
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Warwick Prize for Women in Translation @womenintranslation.bsky.social
And The Walls Became the World All Around by #JohannaEkstrom tr. #SigridRausing
A series of handwritten notebooks detailing Ekstrom’s impressions, memories & dreams, as life's clock ticks ominously.
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“A unique book” – And the Walls Became the World All Around by Johanna Ekstrom / Sigrid Rausing
“The closeness of the women’s relationship, that Rausing is able to pinpoint Ekstrom’s meaning when it isn’t even clear to her, is the most moving aspect of this book. Essentially a duet betw…
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November 13, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Shortlist
Warwick Prize for Women in Translation @womenintranslation.bsky.social
And The Walls Became the World All Around by #JohannaEkstrom tr. #SigridRausing
A series of handwritten notebooks detailing Ekstrom’s impressions, memories & dreams, as life's clock ticks ominously.
wp.me/prWQn-8yn
Warwick Prize for Women in Translation @womenintranslation.bsky.social
And The Walls Became the World All Around by #JohannaEkstrom tr. #SigridRausing
A series of handwritten notebooks detailing Ekstrom’s impressions, memories & dreams, as life's clock ticks ominously.
wp.me/prWQn-8yn
winstonsdad.blog/2025/11/12/w... on blog this German book about the Ukraine war from Alexander Kluge #translationthurs
War Primer by Alexander Kluge - Winstonsdad's Blog
War Primer by Alexander Kluge German fiction Original title - Kreigsfibel Translator - Alexander Booth Source - Personal copy I am moving slowly this German lit month, and here is another gem of a boo...
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November 13, 2025 at 1:59 PM
winstonsdad.blog/2025/11/12/w... on blog this German book about the Ukraine war from Alexander Kluge #translationthurs
What have been you reads recently in translation #translatuonthurs ?
November 13, 2025 at 9:11 AM
What have been you reads recently in translation #translatuonthurs ?
On the blog this gem from Alexander Kluge written in his 90s winstonsdad.blog/2025/11/12/w...
War Primer by Alexander Kluge - Winstonsdad's Blog
War Primer by Alexander Kluge German fiction Original title - Kreigsfibel Translator - Alexander Booth Source - Personal copy I am moving slowly this German lit month, and here is another gem of a boo...
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November 12, 2025 at 5:20 PM
On the blog this gem from Alexander Kluge written in his 90s winstonsdad.blog/2025/11/12/w...
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#NovNov #GermanLitMonth @stujallen.bsky.social Readers need patience for a Bernhardian narrative, but fortunately mine lasted until (none the wiser about who dunnit, I got to the end.
Klausen (2002), by Andreas Maier, 2010 translation by Kenneth J Northcott anzlitlovers.com/2025/11/11/k...
Klausen (2002), by Andreas Maier, 2010 translation by Kenneth J Northcott anzlitlovers.com/2025/11/11/k...
Klausen (2002), by Andreas Maier, 2010 translation by Kenneth J Northcott
An act of violence seems to have occurred in Klausen — a small German town near the border with Italy — but nobody is exactly sure what happened. It might have been a bomb on the autobahn or in a …
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November 10, 2025 at 11:03 PM
#NovNov #GermanLitMonth @stujallen.bsky.social Readers need patience for a Bernhardian narrative, but fortunately mine lasted until (none the wiser about who dunnit, I got to the end.
Klausen (2002), by Andreas Maier, 2010 translation by Kenneth J Northcott anzlitlovers.com/2025/11/11/k...
Klausen (2002), by Andreas Maier, 2010 translation by Kenneth J Northcott anzlitlovers.com/2025/11/11/k...
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November 6, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Our 2025 Holiday Gift Guide is HERE!
Whether you’re searching for a cozy romance, a charming children’s book, or the right read for a hard-to-shop-for friend, our gift guide has you covered.
Get 15% off when you use code GIFT25 at checkout, now through 11/18.
Whether you’re searching for a cozy romance, a charming children’s book, or the right read for a hard-to-shop-for friend, our gift guide has you covered.
Get 15% off when you use code GIFT25 at checkout, now through 11/18.