In Translation: Translators on Their Work and What It Means

by Esther Allen

Book Overview

The most comprehensive collection of perspectives on translation to date, this anthology features essays by some of the world's most skillful writers and translators, including Haruki Murakami, Alice Kaplan, Peter Cole, Eliot Weinberger, Forrest Gander, Clare Cavanagh, David Bellos, and Jos Manuel Prieto. Discussing the process and possibilities of their art, they cast translation as a fine balance between scholarly and creative expression. The...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231159692
• ISBN13: 9780231159692
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"