First published in Spanish in 2012 and then in English in 2017, Die, My Love was one of the first books issued by the innovative, independent publisher Charco Press, which remains committed to bringing the very best of contemporary Latin American literature to an English-speaking audience through translation. Based in Edinburgh, Charco focuses on award-winning/critically-acclaimed […]| JacquiWine's Journal
In early 1867, a book of poems stunned the French literary world. Chinese Songs in a French Key is about that remarkable little book, the first literary translation of classical Chinese poetry into a European language. Published in 1867 by a young French woman, The Book of Jade enjoyed a lively reception from the country’s| Columbia University Press Blog - Publishing a universe of knowledge for reade...
The award-winning Japanese writer Hiromi Kawakami first came to prominence with her beautiful, meditative novella Strange Weather in Tokyo (tr. Allison Markin Powell), which was shortlisted for the 2014 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize (now merged with the International Booker). First published in Japanese in 2016 and translated into English in 2024, Under the Eye of the […]| JacquiWine's Journal
After I finished by #10BooksofSummer I thought I would read something for #WomeninTranslation month. Lesson to be drawn from that is – do your research properly before leaping to the download…| Volatile Rune
The critically acclaimed novelist, essayist and screenwriter Eileen Chang was one of the greatest chroniclers of Chinese life in the 20th century. In Love in a Fallen City, an insightful, exquisite…| JacquiWine's Journal
If you follow the International Booker Prize, the name Solvej Balle will be familiar to you. This critically acclaimed Danish writer scored a hit in the 1990s with According to the Law: Four Accoun…| JacquiWine's Journal
Week of July 27-August 2, 2025 Sunday – I hadn’t driven Bugsy since we went to the store on July 7th so I figured I had better see if he was even still running. He started up just fine …| The Intrepid Angeleno
