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PROBLEMS OF TRANSLATION IBD

JIM STORY
BLUE MILE BOOKS
04 / 2015
9780986238208
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'...A MERRY, YEARLONG CHASE AROUND THE GLOBE....'--Kirkus Reviewsá'Exceptional, original, deftly crafted from beginning to end, ... anáinherentlyáfascinating,áunique,áfunny, and compellingáread ...very highly recommended....'--Midwest Book Reviewá'A comic masterpiece' 'Poignant' 'Pretty much perfectly done'andáA Shelf Unbound 2015 Notable BookCharles Abel Baker--short story writer and a 'most unlikely middle-aged hero'--sets off around the world on a quest to see one of his short stories translated into ten different languages and back again into English, a sort of literary version of the old party game 'telephone. In Moscow, St. Petersburg, Siberia, China, India, Iceland, Japan, Mexico, and more, CharlieâÇÖs round-the-world peregrinations are comical, romantic and, at times, hair-raising.Problems of Translation is a cloak-and-dagger adventure, a love story, and a bracing ride for the language buff. Its naûve heroâÇÖs quixotic mission will ultimately transform Charlie and those around him. And along the way, Charlie--lonely, divorced--comes to love and be loved by a generous, complicated woman, and at last to understand what drove him to undertake this journey.Who knew that literary translation could be so perilous? So romantic? So downright funny?áA rousing hybrid and a great read, Problems of Translation is as stimulating as it is entertaining.'An insanely amusing adventure that has a deep love of language at its belly-shaking core.'-Gary Shteyngart, author of Little Failure and A Super Sad True Love Story'Jim StoryâÇÖs name says it all: he was meant to be a writer...I hope everyone reads this book!'-Hannah Tinti, author of The Good Thief, editor-in-chief of One Story'In this comic masterpiece...we take a wild ride...through the underside of the literary world...as [Charlie] stumbles and careens into all kinds of trouble in and obsessive pursuit of hid Dream.'-Robert Roth, author of Health Proxy, editor, co-creator of And Then'A fascinating look at the issues of translation, publishing, and an unglamorous middle-age.'-Edith Grossman, author of Why Translation Matters, award-winning translator of Cervantes, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and others'...Marvelous touches of...poignancy that donâÇÖt...delay the progress of the story toward itâÇÖs delectable conclusion...pretty much perfectly done.'-Ron Story (no relation), Emeritus Professor, UMass Amherst, author of Jonathan Edwards and the Gospel of Love

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