tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305631555616445080.post4599760845184760240..comments2024-02-27T13:06:28.163+01:00Comments on love german books: On Christa Wolf's "August"kjdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16236984779717127341noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305631555616445080.post-24406863326860946212014-04-25T18:29:22.253+02:002014-04-25T18:29:22.253+02:00Hello again Katy. Many thanks for mentioning the N...Hello again Katy. Many thanks for mentioning the NYRB's publication of Seghers' 'Transit' last year. I thought it would do no harm to contact them and they have expressed an interest in at least looking at my translation of 'Ueberfahrt'. Fingers crossed! Many thanks again for bringing this to my attention.<br /><br />Regards<br /><br />DouglasAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15205434048347653439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305631555616445080.post-3180914042017083552014-03-31T14:22:05.165+02:002014-03-31T14:22:05.165+02:00Hi Douglas,
New York Review Books recently publis...Hi Douglas,<br /><br />New York Review Books recently published a new translation of Seghers' Transit, so I don't know whether that consideration holds. Transit was written in exile, of course, while Überfahrt is a much later work. But still - I think if any publisher is going to dig up an old East German writer they'd probably have plenty of guts either way. <br /><br />I would trulykjdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16236984779717127341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305631555616445080.post-35924825493044342612014-03-31T14:13:27.690+02:002014-03-31T14:13:27.690+02:00Hi Katy, I've been reading article about how y...Hi Katy, I've been reading article about how you approached translating Christa Wolf's final short story. It's a complex process of preparation by the sounds of it! I was particularly interested to hear you mention Anna Seghers. As a budding translator (currently studying at Glasgow University) I have been attempting to translate into English one of her later works, 'Ueberfahrt. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15205434048347653439noreply@blogger.com