Andrew ShieldsJan 9
Books by my friends on shelves in Jim Jarmusch movies. #111Words #JimJarmusch #Paterson #FatherMotherSisterBrother #TomWaits #AdamDriver #TheWalk #RobertWalser #ChristopherMiddleton #SusanBernofsky #Translation #Translators #CesarePavese #Disaffections #Poetry #GeoffreyBrock #NewDirections #CopperCanyon #Carcanet #Literature #Film https://111-words.ghost.io/books-by-my-friends-on-shelves-in-jim-jarmusch-movies/
Books by my friends on shelves in Jim Jarmusch movies

In Jim Jarmusch's "Father Mother Sister Brother" (2025), there's a bookshelf in the house of the father (Tom Waits). It reminded me of a bookshelf in Jarmusch's "Paterson" (2016) that features "The Walk", a book by Robert Walser (1878-1956), translated by Christopher Middleton and my friend Susan Bernofsky and published

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The Japan TimesAug 28, 2024
The author's latest book to be translated into English is simply Tawadaesque: peerless, unique and incomparable. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2024/08/28/books/yoko-tawada-paul-celan-and-the-trans-tibetan-angel/ #culture #books #japaneseliterature #yokotawada #susanbernofsky
'Paul Celan and the Trans-Tibetan Angel': Yoko Tawada's work defies comparison

The author's latest book to be translated into English is simply Tawadaesque: peerless, unique and incomparable.

The Japan Times
saraFeb 21, 2018
Tonight's book, Go, Went, Gone by Jenny Erpenbeck. Erpenbeck is a wonderful writer (and Susan Bernofsky is an AMAZING translator), but I'm pretty meh on this book. It's "thoughts on refugees" wrapped up in just enough story to call it a novel. The story seems tacked on. #amreading #jennyerpenbeck #susanbernofsky #books #literature #literatureintranslation https://wandering.shop/media/y7RRJGER_f_3CP_db1w