Category: Margellos World Republic of Letters Series

A Tribute to Edith Grossman

A Tribute to Edith Grossman

John Donatich— When Edie published her book Why Translation Matters with Yale, I remember talking with her about why, of all the interpretive arts, translation had to defend itself against the insensitive… READ MORE

Women in Translation Month Reading List 2023

Women in Translation Month Reading List 2023

Women In Translation seeks to rectify the prevalent gender disparity in non-English language literature. Celebrate Women in Translation Month 2023 with a range of titles from The Margellos World Republic… READ MORE

The Last Days of Mankind

The Last Days of Mankind

Karl Kraus— EPILOGUE The Final Night Battlefield. Craters. Smoke clouds. Starless night. The horizon is a wall of flames. Corpses. Dying soldiers. Men and women in gas masks appear. A… READ MORE

A Little Book True to Its Title

A Little Book True to Its Title

Richard Sieburth— The title of this never-to-be-finished book, My Heart Laid Bare, was also drawn from one of Poeʼs “Marginalia,” in which the author of the “Tell-Tale Heart” had thrown… READ MORE

An Afternoon at Ferme d’Auteuil

An Afternoon at Ferme d’Auteuil

Patrick Modiano— In the street, he unfolded the sheet she’d handed him. Written on it was: Kim, 288-15-28.      Strange first name. But it had something pert and cheerful… READ MORE

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