Jenny Croft Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Jenny Croft

New Year's goal: "I never have to be in any particular place at any particular time. Let time watch me, not me it." -Flights, by Olga Tokarczuk, translated by me. Miraculous onesie by @Terribleman. https://t.co/fUaaBORGyH

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I'm so proud to have translated this book. The author, the great Sylvia Molloy, read my translation just before she died, which I am also so grateful for. Precise and heartbreaking and beautiful and profound, Dislocations is out now from @CharcoPress. https://t.co/fmtLrmeTm2

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So grateful for this beautiful review of my translation of What Feelings Do When No One's Looking (@elsewherebks) by @MeghanGurdon for @WSJBooks! https://www.wsj.com/articles/childrens-books-review-gratitude-envy-and-a-dash-of-insouciance-11657897972

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Glamour shots from the @KirkusReviews Prize in Austin, featuring Hernan Diaz with his lovely trophy for TRUST https://t.co/Hcr3VEzHm7

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My latest translation comes out on February 28 but is already earning rave reviews! Thanks so much to Ben East and @ObserverUK for these kind words. (You can now preorder this beauty by Sebastián Martínez Daniell from @CharcoPress!) https://t.co/Vte0gXlc08

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So looking forward to spending this evening with Sam Bett, Ann Goldstein, @MaryNorrisTNY and @reynoldsmichael to talk about Elena Ferrante and My Brilliant Friend! You can join us at 9 pm EST/6 pm PST by registering here (it's free!): https://www.eventbrite.com/e/our-brilliant-friendsafter-dinner-book-club-watch-party-tickets-102344846190 https://t.co/UMaeg8GmsF

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So very delighted for NO PRESENTS PLEASE by Jayant Kaikini, translated from Kannada by @TejaswiniNiran1, published by @CatapultStory! It was an honor to judge this year's National Translation Award for @LitTranslate with @AntonHur and Annie Janusch. https://literarytranslators.wordpress.com/2021/10/16/announcing-the-winner-of-the-2021-national-translation-award-in-prose-no-presents-please/

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Tremendously excited to start reading AFTERMATH by @PretiTaneja from @transitbks! https://t.co/xiMtQD3mrM

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It's the Day of the Dead today, the perfect time to read my translation of @FalcoFed's gorgeous, brilliant A PERFECT CEMETERY, from @CharcoPress. Check it out, along with four other fascinating collections, at @lithub, thanks to @prepartynap! https://t.co/VUAKrpwYCG

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You'll laugh! You'll cry! Read GREY BEES, the great sweet Ukrainian war novel by Andrey Kurkov (trans. Boris Dralyuk, aka Papa), out now from @maclehosepress and @DeepVellum. https://t.co/Qqp8ywkDan