Thinking in Other Languages
As a translator of Spanish literature into English who early on felt he was a different person when speaking Spanish …
Tag Archives: Translation
On Translation
As a part time practitioner of the great art of translation — mostly from Spanish to English– I am always …
Leaping Linguals! Everything is Understood!
Just about my favorite place to be in the world –or in time– is at the annual conference of the …
Afghan Landays — Women in the Shadows
In my dream I was the president. When I awoke, I was the beggar of the world. Ashaba, an …
The Forge: Spain in the Second Decade of the 20th
The Forge by Arturo Barea has been on my Read-Next shelf for decades. I spent a very fruitful year in …
Behind the Red Mist — Fiction from Vietnam
I first encountered Ho Anh Thai’s fiction at it’s fantastical best in the wonderful Whereabouts volume of Vietnam: A Traveller’s …
To A Very Young Lady, Separated — A Poem, Jaime Gil de Biedma
To A Very Young Lady, Separated In the year since you married, sweet beautiful breasts, you have found the fruits …
Reading Vietnam
Packed with my travel duffle for a 5 week trip to South East Asia is one of the indispensable series of books …
Paradise of the Blind, a Novel from Vietnam, Duong Thu Huong
Paradise of the Blind (1988) is Duong Thu Huong’s second serious novel, following a series of popular short stories, a novel …
Autumn Landscape, Hồ Xuân Hương, early 19th Century, Vietnam
Begining to think about a trip to South East Asia, including 12 days in Vietnam, I turned to a friend …
The Sorrow of War by Bao Ninh, Vietnam
Bao Ninh’s convention shattering novel of war, The Sorrow of War, (1991/1994) opens at war’s end. Kien is in the …
Cambodia: Through a Thief’s Eyes
The first I ever heard of Angkor Wat’s fabulous temple complex was reading Andre Malraux at a young age, probably …