Tag: CUPTranslation

September 7, 2018

On Min Jin Lee’s Pachinko and the Translation of “Zainichi”

As part of our National Translation Month feature, today’s guest post is written by Christina Yi, a scholar of Modern Japanese literature and the author of Colonizing Language: Cultural Production and Language Politics in Modern Japan and Korea. •  • ...

September 6, 2018

A New Light on Sino–North Korean Relations

“Anyone who reads this groundbreaking study will gain a new perspective on current Sino-North Korean relations… It will be a must-read for all who are interested in the Cold War in East Asia.” ~ Gregg Brazinsky, George Washington University, author of Winning...

September 6, 2018

Janet Poole on Yi T’aejun and the Literature of Two Koreas

Today’s National Translation Month post is written by Janet Poole, a scholar of Korean literature and the translator of Dust and Other Stories by Yi T’aejun and other works. Remember to enter our drawing for a chance to win a copy...

September 5, 2018

Book Excerpt! Meeting with My Brother by Yi Mun-yol

In celebration of National Translation Month, today we are sharing an except from Heinz Insu Fenkl’s introduction to Meeting with My Brother by Yi Mun-yol. Fenkl discusses the importance of the work and translating it for an English language audience....

August 31, 2018

Book Excerpt! Virginia Woolf: A Portrait by Viviane Forrester

If you haven’t yet, enter our drawing for a chance to win a copy of this book or any of the other titles we’re featuring this week! The drawing closes today Friday, August 31 at 1:00 pm EDT. “For Woolf...

August 30, 2018

Best of Backlist Short Fiction from the Weatherhead Books on Asia Series: River of Fire and Other Stories and There A Petal Silently Falls

Remember to enter our drawing for a chance to win a copy of this book or any of the other titles we’re featuring this week! “Haunting, painful and affirming, full of illusions and hallucinations while rooted in the graphically physical…. Everything about...

August 29, 2018

Best of Backlist Novels from the Weatherhead Books on Asia Series: A Song of Everlasting Sorrow and A Private Life

Remember to enter our drawing for a chance to win a copy of this book or any of the other titles we’re featuring this week! “Shanghai, with its distinct and mysterious longtang — neighborhoods circumscribed by narrow alleys — is...

August 28, 2018

Book Excerpt! Minae Mizumura and The Fall of Language in the Age of English

Japanese novelist Minae Mizumura’s The Fall of Language in the Age of English lays bare the struggle to retain the brilliance of one’s own language in this period of English-language dominance. Publishers Weekly called the book: “An eye-opening call to...

August 27, 2018

Book Giveaway! Women in Translation Month

August is Women in Translation Month–a time in which we celebrate and read works in translation by female authors. In appreciation of our women in translation, this week we are delving into our backlist to feature fiction and nonfiction from...

August 23, 2018

Found Life: A Conversation with Linor Goralik

August is Women in Translation Month–a time in which we celebrate and read works in translation by female authors. In appreciation of our women in translation, this week we’re featuring Found Life: Poems, Stories, Comics, a Play, and an Interview, by Linor...

August 22, 2018

Introducing Found Life

August is Women in Translation Month–a time in which we celebrate and read works in translation by female authors. In appreciation of our women in translation, this week we’re featuring Found Life: Poems, Stories, Comics, a Play, and an Interview, by Linor...

August 21, 2018

The Voices of Linor Goralik

August is Women in Translation Month–a time in which we celebrate and read works in translation by female authors. In appreciation of our women in translation, this week we’re featuring Found Life: Poems, Stories, Comics, a Play, and an Interview, by Linor...