{"id":268126,"date":"2009-01-27T13:00:10","date_gmt":"2009-01-27T13:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wdev.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent-dev\/2009\/01\/27\/best-translated-book-of-2008-fiction-finalists\/"},"modified":"2018-04-16T14:39:42","modified_gmt":"2018-04-16T14:39:42","slug":"best-translated-book-of-2008-fiction-finalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/2009\/01\/27\/best-translated-book-of-2008-fiction-finalists\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Translated Book of 2008: Fiction Finalists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I think I speak for all the panelists when I say that this was a pretty difficult task. I think we all had 13-15 books that we felt deserved to be in the top 10 . . . But in the end, I think we came up with a very solid list. For additional info about any of these titles, click on the links below, or visit the pretty <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/index.php?s=btb\">minisite<\/a> complete with cover images and additional information about the February 19th party to announce the winners.<\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to all the publishers who sent us copies of the books, to everyone who&#8217;s written about this award or read any of the overviews we&#8217;ve written, and to all of the panelists (who are listed in detail below). <\/p>\n<p>So here goes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/archipelagobooks.org\/bk.php?id=47\"><em>Tranquility<\/em><\/a> by Attila Bartis, translated from the Hungarian by Imre Goldstein  (Archipelago) (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/index.php?id=1595\">Overview<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/us.macmillan.com\/2666\"><em>2666<\/em><\/a> by Roberto Bola\u00f1o, translated from the Spanish by Natasha Wimmer (Farrar, Straus &amp; Giroux) (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/index.php?id=1502\">Overview<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ndpublishing.com\/books\/bolanonaziliterature.html\"><em>Nazi Literature in the Americas<\/em><\/a> by Roberto Bola\u00f1o, translated from the Spanish by Chris Andrews (New Directions) (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/index.php?id=1515\">Overview<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sevenstories.com\/Book\/?GCOI=58322100297780\"><em>Voice Over<\/em><\/a> by C\u00e9line Curiol, translated from the French by Sam Richard (Seven Stories) (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/index.php?id=1613\">Overview<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.overlookpress.com\/book-detail.php?book_isbn=1-59020-062-4&amp;last_url=search.php?search=damocles\"><em>The Darkroom of Damocles<\/em><\/a> by Willem Frederik Hermans, translated from the Dutch by Ina Rilke (Overlook) (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/index.php?id=1602\">Overview<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/archipelagobooks.org\/bk.php?id=6\"><em>Yalo<\/em><\/a> by Elias Khoury, translated from the Arabic by Peter Theroux (Archipelago) (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/index.php?id=1611\">Overview<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ndpublishing.com\/books\/moyasenselessness.html\"><em>Senselessness<\/em><\/a> by Horacio Castellanos Moya, translated from the Spanish by Katherine Silver (New Directions) (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/index.php?id=1566\">Overview<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nybooks.com\/shop\/product?product_id=7159\"><em>Unforgiving Years<\/em><\/a> by Victor Serge, translated from the French by Richard Greeman (New York Review Books) (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/index.php?id=1578\">Overview<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhpbooks.com\/book.php?id=48\"><em>Bonsai<\/em><\/a> by Alejandro Zambra, translated from the Spanish by Carolina De Robertis (Melville House) (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/index.php?id=1501\">Overview<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nybooks.com\/shop\/product?usca_p=t&amp;product_id=7732\"><em>The Post-Office Girl<\/em><\/a> by Stefan Zweig, translated from the German by Joel Rotenberg (New York Review Books) (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/index.php?id=1620\">Overview<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>At the February 19th event at Melville House Books&#8212;which will be hosted by Francisco Goldman&#8212;we&#8217;ll announce the two runners-up and the winner for both the poetry and fiction categories. And you&#8217;re all invited, so hopefully we&#8217;ll see you there . . . <\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s panelists included Monica Carter, bookseller at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.skylightbooks.com\/\">Skylight Books<\/a> and editor of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.salonicaworldlit.com\/\">Salonica<\/a> ; Steve Dolph, editor of <a href=\"http:\/\/calquezine.blogspot.com\"><span class=\"caps\">CALQUE<\/span><\/a> ; Scott Esposito, editor of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.conversationalreading.com\">Conversational Reading<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.quarterlyconversation.com\"><em>The Quarterly Conversation<\/em><\/a> ; Brandon Kennedy, bookseller at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spoonbillbooks.com\">Spoonbill &amp; Sugartown<\/a> ; Michael Orthofer, editor of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.complete-review.com\/saloon\/index.htm\">Literary Saloon<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/complete-review.com\">Complete Review<\/a> ; Chad W. Post, director of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.openletterbooks.org\">Open Letter Books<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/threepercent\">this blog<\/a> ; E.J. Van Lanen, senior editor of Open Letter Books and Three Percent; and Jeff Waxman, bookseller at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.semcoop.com\">Seminary Co-op Bookstores<\/a> and editor of <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.semcoop.com\"><em>The Front Table<\/em><\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"caps\">UPDATE<\/span>: To view or download the official press release, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/index.php?s=file_download&amp;id=37\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I think I speak for all the panelists when I say that this was a pretty difficult task. I think we all had 13-15 books that we felt deserved to be in the top 10 . . . But in the end, I think we came up with a very solid list. 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