Tag Archives: Eduardo Halfon

Quesadillas – Juan Pablo Villalobos in Norwich

Posted on September 5, 2013 by forwardtranslations

Excitement abounded on Tuesday evening when my friend Sarah and I headed into Norwich Waterstones to hear Juan Pablo Villalobos and translator Rosalind Harvey reading from Quesadillas, his new novel just published by And Other Stories, at an event put … Continue reading →

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Where Stories Begin – of The Polish Boxer, the Writers’ Centre and the BCLT Summer School

Posted on July 25, 2013 by forwardtranslations

Yesterday evening I attended another fascinating Summer Reads event at the library. This time the book up for discussion was The Polish Boxer by Eduardo Halfon (Pushkin Press, 2012). It was translated by Ollie Brock, Lisa Dillman, Thomas Bunstead, Anne … Continue reading →

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Tsundoku and Translation Thursday

Posted on June 27, 2013 by forwardtranslations

One of the things I keep seeing on Twitter and such places is the existence of a Japanese word tsundoku, defined by Wiktionary as: (informal) the act of leaving a book unread after buying it, typically piled up together with … Continue reading →

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