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With Melville’sÌý¹ó¾±»åè±ô±ðÌýreceding into the dark distance, we turn our attention to Rodrigo Fresán’sÌýMelvill, a bombastic book about Alan Melvill and Herman and the passing down of stories from one generation to the next. On this special episode, translator Will Vanderhyden joins Brian, Chad, and Kaija to talk about translating Fresán, about the style and word play found in his books, about the footnotes, about what’s to come. They also talk about the line connecting this toÌýConfidence-Man, and how to read footnotes. And about the interplay between two narratorial voices in this first part.

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Next episode will cover pages 62-123 of Rodrigo Fresán’s .ÌýYou can find the full reading schedule here.

This week’s music is “” by Young Fathers.

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