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scars by juan jose saer, translated by steve dolph - bookforum.com / daily review
Argentine writer Juan Jose Saer has never caught on in English translation, although he certainly should have by now. Since 1994, five of his twelve novels have been translated, with his lauded <i>The Witness</i> coming to us via Margaret Jull Costa, the world-class translator of Jose Saramago and
jan 25, 2011 @ 9:00:00 am - bookforum.com / paper trail
GalleyCat has created a “mixtape” sampler of links to books nominated for the NBCC awards (announced on Saturday) with free Amazon previews, while the New Yorker’s Book Bench has composed a list of links to profiles, reviews, and other pieces the magazine has run about the finalists. Tonight at St.
feb 8, 2012 @ 4:00:00 am - bookforum.com / paper trail
New York magazine has named author Kathryn Schulz as their new book critic, filling a position that opened more than a year ago when Sam Anderson left for the New York Times Magazine. Schulz is the author of Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error, and, apparently not to any professional
feb 23, 2011 @ 9:00:00 am - bookforum.com / paper trail
Kenneth Slawenski, the author of an acclaimed new J. D. Salinger biography (and the great website Dead Caulfields), is a bit like his hero: There’s no author photo on the book, a minimal “about the author” note, and he’s granted only a few interviews. But Salinger fans, rest assured, Slawenski is
may 3, 2011 @ 4:18:00 pm - bookforum.com / paper trail
CNN’s Peter Bergen, author of Holy War, has signed a book deal with Crown Publishers to write the “definitive account” of the search for Osama bin Laden. Working title: Manhunt.
may 23, 2011 @ 4:00:00 am - bookforum.com / paper trail
Gary Shteyngart has released the sequel to the popular trailer for his novel Super Sad True Love Story, which has just been published in paperback. In the new video short, Shteyngart and Paul Giamatti “act out their own buddy comedy.” BookExpo America will turn Manhattan into a publishing mecca
feb 9, 2011 @ 9:00:00 am - bookforum.com / paper trail
Croatian author Mima Simi? was thrilled when she heard that her story “My Girlfriend” (translated into English by the author) was selected for Dalkey Archive Press’s Best European Fiction 2011 anthology. However, she was “shocked, appalled and flabbergasted” when she received the book and found
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