Now I now there has been a yearly event for Persephone books in the past .Now I want to start a yearly event for one of my favourite publisher Pushkin Press ,they are publisher of great translation and have just started doing a number of books from English as well .I am picking the middle two weeks in February 2014 the 10th til the 23rd , which ties up with the anniversary of the death of Alexander Pushkin which of course whom the press was originally named after .I hope you can also tie these into my year-long Translation Bingo project .Recent highlights from Pushkin press for me are –
Jarmilla by Ernst Weiss
Traveller of the century bY Andres Neuman
So what are you favourite books from Pushkin press ?
I love Pushkin Press books. Probably my favourite so far would be any of the Stefan Zweigs!
Pushkin press fortnight is a wonderful idea, Stu! The books you have listed all look very interesting!
Count me in! I was privately planning on doing something on these lines anyway. Love Pushkin Press.
Really looking forward to getting my hands on The Parrots by Filippo Bologna but doesn’t look like it is released in Australia yet. may have to resort to one of those evil online stores 🙁
I really liked Traveller of the Century but my all time favourite is Petersburg by Andrei Bely. It was in my mind all the time when we went to St Petersburg last year:)
I’d have to echo Lisa’s answers – they were the two that came to my mind too 🙂
Great idea for a yearly post. It is really great that organizations like this are increasing the amount of literature available to us in English.
Count me in too! ‘Traveller of the Century’ has been on my wishlist for far too long!
Count me in Stu. I haven’t ready anything from Pushkin Press so looking forward to the introduction. thanks.
Count me in, Stu. I absolutely loved Traveller of the Century. I’m sure I’ve got a couple of books from Pushkin Press on my shelves here so it’ll be a good time to read them.
Can’t promise to take part Stu, but love the idea. Good for you.
Loved Traveller of the century, but more recently have enjoyed The Spectre of Alexander Wolf by Gaito Gazdanov
This is the first time I’m hearing of the Pushkin Press.
TRAVELLER of course
Great choice
Thank you Stu and everyone for your wonderful support!! We’re a small team and your encouraging words mean a lot to us! Happy reading in 2014…
Welcome guys