In Joseph Roth: A Life in Letters, both Roth and editor/translator Michael Hofmann favorably refer to Ernst Weiss which was enough to send me looking for his novels. Fortunately Archipelago Books released this translation a couple of years ago (translation by Joel Rotenberg) and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Most reviews quote the opening line: “How […]
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I Burn Paris by Bruno Jasieński Translated from the Polish by Soren A. Gauger & Marcin Piekoszewski Prague: Twisted Spoon Press (2012), Hardcover, 309 pages ISBN: 978 80 86264 37 0Please see my introductory post on I Burn Paris which has some links, including the Afterword by Soren Gauger. The story starts with Pierre, an […]
Yet another preorder…I’ve fallen off the wagon on limiting my purchases. Not that I’m complaining, too much. Harlequin’s Millions by Bohumil Hrabal (translated from the Czech by Stacey Knecht) is scheduled to be released by Archipelago Books later this year. An excerpt can be found at Asymptote journal.
Continuing with my sort-of-biweekly foreign movie posts for this year… For more foreign movies, check out Caroline’s World Cinema Series 2012 and Richard’s monthly Foreign Film Festival round-up. The IMDb.com page for this movie can be found here. The The movie site has (had…link dead) additional information and media available. This falls outside what I […]
Torquemada by Benito Pérez Galdós Translation by Frances M. López-Morillas New York: Columbia University Press (1986), Hardcover ISBN: 0231062281 / 9780231062282The Torquemada novels: 1. Torquemada at the Stake (1889) 2. Torquemada on the Cross (1893) a. Story b. Themes c. Characters 3. Torquemada in Purgatory (1894) a: Part One b. Part Two c. Part Three […]
1929 cover of I Burn Paris by Bruno Jasieński Picture sourceWhile I’m trying to pull together some thoughts on Galdós I’ll post something about the book I read this weekend… Twisted Spoon Press has just released an English translation of Bruno Jasieński’s novel I Burn Paris. Some background information and excerpts are provided in the […]
Torquemada by Benito Pérez Galdós Translation by Frances M. López-Morillas New York: Columbia University Press (1986), Hardcover ISBN: 0231062281 / 9780231062282The Torquemada novels: 1. Torquemada at the Stake (1889) 2. Torquemada on the Cross (1893) a. Story b. Themes c. Characters 3. Torquemada in Purgatory (1894) a: Part One b. Part Two c. Part Three […]
Torquemada by Benito Pérez Galdós Translation by Frances M. López-Morillas New York: Columbia University Press (1986), Hardcover ISBN: 0231062281 / 9780231062282The Torquemada novels: 1. Torquemada at the Stake (1889) 2. Torquemada on the Cross (1893) a. Story b. Themes c. Characters 3. Torquemada in Purgatory (1894) a: Part One b. Part Two c. Part Three […]
Torquemada by Benito Pérez Galdós Translation by Frances M. López-Morillas New York: Columbia University Press (1986), Hardcover ISBN: 0231062281 / 9780231062282The Torquemada novels: 1. Torquemada at the Stake (1889) 2. Torquemada on the Cross (1893) a. Story b. Themes c. Characters 3. Torquemada in Purgatory (1894) a: Part One b. Part Two 4. Torquemada and […]
I rarely post RIPs, but I feel compelled to do so with Peter Bergman‘s death…someone that helped me feel I was…well, different. If you have not listened to Don’t Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers, I encourage you…nay, I entreat you to do so. For the record, I may be banned from chaperoning field […]