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Translation and embellishment

By Levi Stahl ⋅ October 2, 2010 ⋅ 2 comments

Following Jeff’s post about Sharmila Sen’s fascinating essay on translation,a quick bit of goofiness I encountered in Zift: A Socialist Noir, an odd, funny, borderline absurd little novel of murder and betrayal in communist Bulgaria by Vladislav Todorov. What caught my eye was a note from translator Joseph Benatov that was appended to this passage:
“Astonishing!” [...]

Extreme Acts of Literary Asceticism

By Scott Esposito ⋅ March 18, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Now this is why I love Borges.

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