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Publisher of Arabic Works (in English) Freezing New Titles ...What's worse, for those hoping for more Arabic literature in translation: We shall not be taking on new titles and will not be planning a frontlist until our future become more certain. So, go on. Go buy a copy of Taxi, and at least one ...
Translation of Poetry an 'Arduous' Task? « Arabic Literature (in ...The “Library of Arabic Literature” project promises to translate a number of pre-modern texts both into modern Arabic and into English. The translations will feature side-by-side scripts of modern Arabic and English on facing pages. ...
But a Nicer Refugee Camp, Right? « Arabic Literature (in English)It's a Palestinian (our Elias is Lebanese) attorney of the same name who's funded a translation of Amos Oz's A Tale of Love and Darkness into Arabic. I've not read it, but it's supposed to be Oz's masterpiece, a moving story of Jewish ...
Elias Khoury (Brilliantly) on Writing « Arabic Literature (in English)I used to write the opposite of what I was living but I used to really believe in the ideology of politics and I used to think that literature was something else. Then I discovered that life and literature cannot be separated so much, ...
The Other Emirati Book Fair « Arabic Literature (in English)The Dubai-based fair doesn't have the “Arabic Booker”; they have many of the same authors, but not the sizzle of the Abu Dhabi event. But they do have Martin Amis. I believe they're hoping he makes one of his “old Muslims should be ...
Miss the Humphrey Davies Talk at the AUC? « Arabic Literature (in ...Possibly related posts: (automatically generated). What Makes Arabic Literature Difficult to Translate? Why Doesn't Humphrey Davies Translate More Arab Women? GAO Reports — Use of Stimulus Funds And Use of Taxpayer's Dollars For A… ...
One-Minute Review: A Dog with No Tail « Arabic Literature (in English)The narrator of Hamdi Abu Golayyel's A Dog with No Tail (Arabic 2008; English 2009) moves through life lazily but anxiously. He's aimless, but still hoping for literary greatness. The novel itself hops from anecdote to anecdote, ...
Free Novels on Emirates Air Flights? « Arabic Literature (in English)When it comes to promoting literature, they've come up with some great new ideas: a poetry TV channel and a televised poetry-talent contest, a “book of excerpts” of the Arabic Booker shortlistees free to certain newspaper subscribers, ...
Sinaan Antoon on the West's 'Forensic Interest' in Arabic Lit ...As part of the book-fair coverage in Abu Dhabi, The National has interviewed Sinaan Antoon. The U.S.-based Iraqi writer discusses his next novel project (No. 2) and the West's new-found interest in Arabic literature. ...