I still think this is one of the best reading (group? list?) ideas I have ever encountered. If I can’t discover a place by going there physically to explore, food, literature, and language are the next best.
2023 was too floppy for me, so maybe I will be going to Africa in 2024.
At the National Book Awards this year, both the author and the translator of one of the winning books came to the stage and received an award. It's nice to see that they're getting more recognition.
I still think this is one of the best reading (group? list?) ideas I have ever encountered. If I can’t discover a place by going there physically to explore, food, literature, and language are the next best.
2023 was too floppy for me, so maybe I will be going to Africa in 2024.
At the National Book Awards this year, both the author and the translator of one of the winning books came to the stage and received an award. It's nice to see that they're getting more recognition.
Such incredibly difficult and nuanced work, translators deserve so much more credit than they get.