Well sunday has shot round again quickly ,well no books this week but some interesting news items found around the web –
NEWS –
Susan Sontag prize for Scandinavian translations is running at moment the 2010 winner has until Oct 2010 to complete the translation they chosen Elmer Diktonius a finnish Swedish avant grade poet .
Three percent ,told us that the website for centre for the art of translation is up and running after going under an up grade and facelift ,and is looking very slick and has a good piece on their blog about quercus books .
booktrusts translation site has some new book review on as well
Also a lament that no translation titles we re put forward for the Green carnation prize run by Simon Savidge of Savidge reads ,hope some are next year .
BOOKS ON RADAR
there are two books I m really looking forward to getting they are by two giants of german literature Gunter Grass with the box,a sequel for peeling onions is told by 8 children and then Bernhard Schlink of reader fame returns with the weekend ,a book about the red army faction and people connected to it
and huge new book is David Grossmans to the end of the land ,a epic spanning 50 years of israeli history as a mother struggles with her sons second tour ,and she runs away ,new from Jonathan Cape .
Oh I want to say something more about the translation thing but as am not allowed to talk about submissions in detail I can’t. Next year does look more hopeful though on that front I can confirm already! Oh and its not just run by me and was actually the initial brainwave of Paul Magrs, I dont want to him to miss out on his credit, eek! But lovely to see you mentioning and supporting The Green Cranation Prize Stu!
I must read Schlink’s Homecoming, I loved The Reader so much. I also really want to read Grossman as since going to Tel Aviv last year I have been really interested in Israeli fiction and history.
yes grossman seems be one of the first to really tackle the whole conflict ,mention welcome a great idea ,all the best stu
I loved the Reader a lot and hope this one is good too! Hope to hear of your thoughts on this.
it sounds good whole red army badder meinhof thing interests me ,all the best stu
More useful information, as always; thanks, Stu.
Hope to compare notes with you on the Grossman. But I haven’t even read THE READER yet, although so many people have recommended it — even a work colleague whose opinion I value.
hi lynne yes the reader worth reading a powerful story ,all the best stu
The Reader is sitting in my giant TBR stack. I hope to get to it by the end of the year.
To the End of the Land looks fantastic. I’ll have to keep that on my radar as well.
Have you read anything by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie? She is appearing at the Texas Book Festival next month and I was wondering if you had any reviews of her work.
I have read two of her books but before I started blogging she is very good the short story collection things around the neck is very good ,I m sure amy of amyreads has one or two of her books http://amckiereads.wordpress.com/tag/nigeria/ ,all the best stu
CARIN!!!! You get to meet Adichie?!?!?!?! She is going to your festival?!?! I am SO JEALOUS!!!
I know ,I d love to meet her ,all the best stu
Those books sound great, and a wonderful collection of news Stu!
thanks amy
Looks like some good information here, I just subscribed to the center for the art of translation’s newsletter.
“To the End of the Land” looks interesting, you’ll probably get to it before me, so I look forward to what you think of it.
What’s your favorite kind of muffin by the way ?
hope to get to it soon ,oh the coffee shop in town does lovely toffee muffins there my favourite at moment ,all the best stu