On Translating Andrea Tompa

Andrea Tompa's generation had no sultan to fear in distant Constantinople and his pashas, but they did have a Moscow-driven communist dictator and his secret police. No hostile armies… More

Best Translated Book Award 2012 Shortlists

it’s time to find out which books have been selected for this year’s poetry and fiction shortlists. Both lists were announced last night at a ceremony in Rochester,… More

Idyll

Grasshoppers sprang aside in her path as she walked, and thick stems of clover bowed devotedly, swept by the fringe of the long silk cloak; soft, pale yellow patches… More