A Vernal PoolI love speculative fiction from other cultures, and I'd like to boost this StoryBundle which is due to expire in a few days:
Kevin LossnerControversial? Hmm. Well, I don't mean to take the value of literary #translation lightly (as I do yoga, though not pottery), but rather to classify it as something that can be personally enriching to learn about even if you personally will never be a superstar at it.
As an ardent consumer of translated literature, I have the highest regard for those who do this work well, and I think its intellectual and social value is enormous.
New York Review Books Imprints“At its best, ‘The Story of a Life’ rivals any autobiography in world literature. Its hero is imagination itself. While the Soviets professed absolute certainty regarding all important questions of life, Paustovsky detected mystery, complexity and hidden poetry everywhere.”
Gary Saul Morson raves about Douglas Smith's translation of Konstantin Paustovsky's Story of a Life in The Wall Street Journal
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-story-of-a-life-book-review-uncovering-the-glory-of-a-russian-writer-11675441910
#RussianLiterature #memoir #KonstantinPaustovsky #LitInTranslation
