Tag: Weatherhead Books on Asia

July 28, 2020

New Book Tuesday! Sachiko

Our weekly list of new books is now available! From the Weatherhead Books on Asia series Sachiko A Novel Endō Shūsaku. Translated by Van C. Gessel In novels such as Silence, Endō Shūsaku examined the persecution of Japanese Christians in different...

September 13, 2019

Weekend Reading List: Theory and Philosophy in Translation

To continue our immersion into National Translation Month, we’ve compiled a weekend reading list of translated philosophical books for you to expand your mind’s eye beyond language barriers and borders. •  •  •  •  •  • From the Translations from...

August 23, 2019

Weekend Reading List: Sinophone Fiction in Translation

Week three of Women in Translation month is coming to a close, but don’t fret. We’ve got a list to keep you reading through the weekend. China’s literary tradition includes many engaging works from contemporary female writers. Here a few...

August 1, 2019

Women in Translation Month 2019: A Celebration of Poetry and Fiction from Russia and East Asia

Welcome to Women in Translation Month 2019! WITMonth began five years ago when Meytal Tadzinkski noticed that women writers made up less than half of published translations. Since then, WITMonth has grown into a global movement giving voice to women...

September 13, 2018

Phyllis I. Lyons on Translating An Unknown Novel: Jun’ichirō Tanizaki’s In Black and White

Today we have a guest post written by Phyllis I. Lyons, professor emeritus of Japanese language and literature at Northwestern University and translator of Jun’ichirō Tanizaki’s lost novel In Black and White, for our month-long feature celebrating National Translation Month. Don’t...

September 12, 2018

Richard F. Calichman on Translating Abe Kōbō’s Beasts Head For Home

Today’s post for our National Translation Month feature is written by Richard F. Calichman, professor of Japanese studies at the City College of New York, CUNY and translator of the novel Beasts Head for Home by Abe Kōbō. Remember to enter...

September 11, 2018

A Reluctant Translator: Reflections from John Nathan

As part of our month-long feature celebrating National Translation Month, today we have a guest post by John Nathan, author of Sōseki: Modern Japan’s Greatest Novelist and translator of Natsume Sōseki’s final novel Light and Dark. Remember to enter our drawing...

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 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...