Literary South Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
Literary South on X
Monthly radio show & podcast on @ResonanceFM abt Literature in translation 🎧 Host Silvia Rothlisberger. Currently on hiatus
The History of Now
Jesse S. DarnayLiterary SouthA beautiful poem “The History of Snow” by Ukrainian poet Serhiy Zhadan @serhiy_zhadan (translated by Oksana Maksymchuk @ok_maksymchuk and Sasha Dugdale @SashaDugdale ) @MPTmagazine https://t.co/E9mmWS3TgJ
Paperback, 2012
$11.99$5.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Grey Bees
Andrey KurkovLiterary SouthThis month’s show with Ukrainian author Andrei Kurkov @AKurkov & Ukrainian-American poet & translator Boris Dralyuk @BorisDralyuk is available to listen. Talking Grey Bees, My Hollywood & other poems, LA, Ukraine, the power of names & words. ⭐ https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/literary-south-27-april-2022-boris-dralyuk-andrey-kurkov/
Paperback, 2022
$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Perfect Cemetery
Federico FalcoLiterary SouthListen to Literary South's latest episode with translator and author Jennifer Croft @jenniferlcroft where she reads excerpts from A Perfect Cemetery by Federico Falco and from her upcoming novel Amadou + talks abt translating & writing https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/literary-south-24-march-2021-jennifer-croft/ https://t.co/K51xKgyFo1
Paperback, 2021
$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Solenoid
Mircea CartarescuLiterary South‘I would sometimes end up in houses familiar to me, rooms where I had once lived, beds where I had slept. ‘ “The Fall” Excerpt from the novel Solenoid — Mircea Cărtărescu (translated by Sean Cotter) @Greg_Gerke @DeepVellum https://t.co/dt82B4mNjK
Paperback, 2022
$24.95$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Brickmakers
Selva AlmadaLiterary SouthAn extract from the novel Brickmakers by Selva Almada, translated by Annie McDermott @CharcoPress @TheLondonMag https://t.co/rpgyc6IOot
Paperback, 2021
$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
In the Margins: On the Pleasures of Reading and Writing
Elena FerranteLiterary SouthPains, Pens, and Poets: Elena Ferrante’s “In The Margins: On The Pleasures Of Reading And Writing,” Translated From Italian By Ann Goldstein @moro_carlotta @becky3105 @ReadinginTrans @EuropaEditions https://t.co/SKgbKxlnZ0
Hardcover, 2022
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Strange Bedfellows
Zhenyun LiuLiterary South‘…Liu’s novel nonetheless serves as a layer of bitter truth that offers a level of depth to the artificial sweetness the ideologues of contemporary China would otherwise have us swallow.’ @BookReviewsAsia’s review on Liu Zhenyun’s “Strange Bedfellows” https://t.co/TAcxFLflom
Paperback, 2021
$29.99$14.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Love Parade
Sergio PitolLiterary South‘The Love Parade is like a Japanese fan that slowly opens, revealing a beautifully painted landscape while still concealing the face behind it.’ An excellent review by @DorothyPS on “The Love Parade” by Sergio Pitol (tr. @unpoetaloco) @ReadinginTrans https://t.co/XTcIF8YvmC
Paperback, 2022
$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Girl with the Leica: Based on the True Story of the Woman Behind the Name Robert Capa
Helena JaneczekLiterary SouthGreat review by Sebastiaan Faber @sebasfaber on Helena Janeczek’s “The Girl With The Leica”, translated from Italian by Ann Goldstein (@EuropaEditions) @ReadinginTrans https://t.co/rOxBjihEPJ
Paperback, 2019
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Dance of the Deep-Blue Scorpion
Akram MusallamLiterary SouthThe Dance of the Deep-Blue Scorpion by Akram Musallam (tr. by Sawad Hussain @sawadhussain ) : A spellbinding interrogation of Palestinian lives under occupation - great review by Saliha Haddad @sallyhad3 vía @The_NewArab @seagullbooks https://english.alaraby.co.uk/features/dance-deep-blue-scorpion?amp&__twitter_impression=true
Hardcover, 2021
$21.00$10.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book