Renata Adler’s “Letter from Selma”, about the civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, is available at The New Yorker. The real magicians of Latin America looks at Machado de Assis and “the publication by Dalkey Archive Presshttps://dalkeyarchive.store/products/selected-stories?_pos=1&_psq=machado&_ss=e&_v=1.0 [scheduled for March] of a book simply titled Stories, which contains 13 of Machado’s stories, 10 […]
Tag: Mikhail Shishkin
I linked the short story “Calligraphy Lesson” in my post providing an outline/highlights of the May 4th event with Mikhail Shishkin and Marian Schwartz. Schwartz translated Shishkin’s short story and it was published at Words Without Borders. Be sure and read her Translator’s Note since it gives background to some challenging areas on translation. The […]
I posted my initial impressions on the event with Mikhail Shishkin and Marian Schwartz presented by the Center for the Art of Translation that same evening, but have waited to post any of my transcriptions from the event. The Center has a podcast available of the audio on their blog: Two Voices: Mikhail Shishkin and […]
The Light and the Dark by Mikhail Shishkin Translation by Andrew Bromfield London: Quercus (2013) A moment came when I sensed the connection very intensely: This frozen cosmic void that I simply couldn’t drag myself out of could only be filled by that miraculous humming, rustling, booming, swelling tidal wave of words. It turned out […]
Mikhail Shishkin signing a copy of Maidenhair (sorry for the poor lighting)I wanted to post an initial impression on tonight’s event “Mikhail Shishkin’s Amazing Maidenhair” before I went to bed. I plan to post more about the event…maybe an extended post with a transcription. I thoroughly enjoyed the event and it turned out to be […]
Three Percent has published Mikhail Shishkin’s April tour in the U.S. As I mentioned in a previous post, I’m attending the April 4 event at the Hotel Rex in San Francisco, which will include translator Marian Schwartz, too. If anyone would like to meet up before the event just drop me a line. From the […]
After both boys got the stomach crud it’s my turn and the last thing I feel like doing is reading or posting. I will add a few notes, though. I won’t get to posting about the Introduction of Paideia: the Ideals of Greek Culture (Volume 1) by Werner Jaeger for a few days. In the […]
Maidenhair by Mikhail Shishkin Translated by Marian Schwartz Open Letter Books: 506 pages, paperback ISBN: 9781934824368Add me to the chorus praising Maidenhair by Mikhail Shishkin. The funny thing about saying it’s a chorus is that the novel probably means different things to each reviewer. There are some clear themes throughout the novel and I’ll focus […]