June 2012
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50 Shades Of Put It Away: The Worst Book Sex... →
housingworksbookstore:
This article taught me that there is a book called Bad Heir Day.
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Our favorite untranslatable words
Mbuki-mvuki, a word in the Bantu language spoken in the Niger-Congo region of Africa, means “to shuck off one’s clothes in order to dance” or “to shed one’s clothing spontaneously and dance naked in joy.” Word.
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“Beautiful translations are like beautiful women, that is to say, they are not...”
– George Steiner
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“Dread of space and dread of the crowd. At the foundation of both is the fear of...”
– Marina Tsvetaeva, Earthly Signs: Moscow Diaries, 1917-22, trans. Jamey Gambrell (via proustitute)
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“Translating is an intense, profound and provocative activity, at times intimate...”
– George Steiner
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“Translation is the medium through which American readers gain greater access to...”
– Cliff Becker (Late NEA Literature Director), May 16, 2005
He says a lot, for a Norwegian
“If I had known what was coming, I would never have been able to do what I did, because it’s been like hell, really hell,” he said. “But I’m still very glad that I did it.”
Knausgaard, in a fascinating article by Larry Rohter for the New York Times, describes his life after the six-part publication of My Struggle, and its connection with Hitler’s infamousMein Kampf.
Read it here.
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My hero: Yannis Ritsos by David Harsent
“The poet’s extraordinary productivity was achieved in the face of personal tragedy, persistent ill healthy and systematic persecution”
David Harsent, forThe GuardianUK, writes a moving piece on the legacy of Yannis Ritsos.
Read it here.
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