The Matiushin Case
The publisher鈥檚 blurb for Oleg Pavlov鈥檚 The Matiushin Case promises the prospective reader 鈥渁 Crime and Punishment for today,鈥 the sort of comparison that is almost always guaranteed to do a disservice to both the legendary dead and the ambitious living. Predictably enough, The Matiushin Case is nothing like Crime and ...
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Latest Review: "The Matiushin Case" by Oleg Pavlov
The latest addition to our Reviews section is by Brandy Harrison on Oleg Pavlov’s The Matiushin Case, translated by Andrew Bromfield, and published by And Other Stories. A lover of foreign literature (particularly from Eastern Europe and Russia) Brandy鈥攁 new addition to our reviewer pool鈥攔ecently finished a BA in ...
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Le Translation Preview [Some July Translations]
Now that the World Cup of Literature is officially over, with Roberto Bola帽o’s By Night in Chile taking home the prize, it’s time to get back to writing normal blog posts, starting with this much overdue “preview” of forthcoming July translations. My initial plan with this post was to write it ...
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Year End Lists & Books You Should Read [Hearts for Scott Esposito]
OK, so I don’t really heart Scott Esposito—as well all know, he’s shit at riding a mechanical bull and that is a NECESSARY in my book—but he has been doing a lot of great work lately, and has prompted me to write an appreciation of his recent reviews and round-up of some year end lists that I’ve ...
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The Hall of the Singing Caryatids
The first I鈥檇 heard of Victor Pelevin was while interning at Words Without Borders. We published his story 鈥淎kiko鈥 which struck me as the funniest, strangest thing I鈥檇 seen in ages. I decided to seek out his other work, and while his book A Werewolf Problem in Central Russia offered some good tales, I was left with a ...
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Latest Review: "The Hall of the Singing Caryatids" by Victor Pelevin
The latest addition to our Reviews Section is a piece by Vincent Francone on Victor Pelevin’s The Hall of the Singing Caryatids, which is just out from New Directions in Andrew Bromfield’s translation. Coincidentally, I just finished reading this last night. And I completely agree with Vince’s review: ...
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The Sacred Book of the Werewolf
鈥淲hat a crazy idea that was鈥攖o change the name of the KGB. One of the greatest brand names ever was simply destroyed!鈥 Pelevin has a great knack for relaying the oddities of the Russian condition in terms that almost anyone can understand. Product placement in Generation 鈥淧鈥 revealed to the rest of the world that, ...
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