HTMLGIANT » attila bartis http://htmlgiant.com the internet literature magazine blog of the future Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:41:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Great Translations of 2009 http://htmlgiant.com/random/great-translations-2009/ http://htmlgiant.com/random/great-translations-2009/#comments Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:52:23 +0000 Blake Butler http://htmlgiant.com/?p=20155 Continue reading →]]> NPR posts their 5 picks for best foreign fiction this year. A nice idea, but would have liked to see more.

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Here are a few other 2009 releases I read in translation this year and would highly recommend:

Homage to Czerny by Gert Jonke [Dalkey Archive]
The Other City by Michal Ajvaz [Dalkey Archive]
With Deer by Aase Berg (trans. Johannes Göransson) [Black Ocean]
Tranquility by Attila Bartis [Archipelago]
Killing Kanoko by Hiromi Ito [Action Books]
Jerusalem by Goncalo M. Tavares [Dalkey Archive]
Conquest of the Useless by Werner Herzog [HarperCollins]
Babyfucker by Urs Allemann [Les Figues]
Wittgenstein’s Nephew by Thomas Bernhard [Vintage]

What are some of your favorite translations or works from nonamerican authors from this year?

]]> http://htmlgiant.com/random/great-translations-2009/feed/ 34 Attila Bartis in conversation with Brian Evenson http://htmlgiant.com/author-spotlight/attila-bartis-in-conversation-with-brian-evenson/ http://htmlgiant.com/author-spotlight/attila-bartis-in-conversation-with-brian-evenson/#comments Tue, 21 Jul 2009 02:39:21 +0000 Blake Butler http://htmlgiant.com/?p=12180 Continue reading →]]> I read Attila Bartis’s Tranquility last month on very high recommendations. It is really something. It sticks. Archipelago Books is doing something really exciting, and making beautiful book objects in the process.

Here, to whet your palate on the Bartis, is a reading and interview from the author, with Brian Evenson joining in.

You can buy Tranquility direct from Archipelago.

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