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On Sept 29 there will be a panel presenting and discussing two works of Slovak fiction that besides being outstanding writing are unfortunately very timely. The Last Thing by Leopold Lahola and The Hours and The Minutes by Alfonz Bednár translated by Julia and Peter Sherwood and David Short respectively, are both collections of short […]

There must be something in the air. The Center for the Art of Translation’s Two Lines just came out with its annual anthology, titled “Counterfeits,” including a special section edited by Luc Sante focusing on noir literature. Then, Words Without Borders’ September 2011 issue came out with an issue devoted to an elevated form of […]