Tag Archives: Raymond Chandler

On Translating Simone Buchholz’s Blue Night

Posted on February 5, 2018 by forwardtranslations

There’s much excitement at the moment because my translation of Simone Buchholz‘s wonderful German noir Krimi Blue Night (Blaue Nacht) is coming out in paperback at the end of March, published by the equally wonderful Orenda Books. It’s already available … Continue reading →

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Not a Word out of Place – Raymond Chandler’s The Big Sleep

Posted on February 24, 2014 by forwardtranslations

After Snow White Must Die – another book where I was itching to get out my red pencil – I discovered that it was the 70th anniversary of the creation of Raymond Chandler’s iconic private detective Philip Marlowe. I’d been … Continue reading →

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