An Open Letter on Translating

An Open Letter on Translating
Author: Martin Luther
Publisher: DigiCat
Total Pages: 31
Release: 2022-07-20
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

'An Open Letter on Translating' is a work written by Martin Luther, best known among Christians as the seminal figure in the Protestant Reformation and as the namesake of Lutheranism. Here he discusses several of the word choices he made and the reasoning behind them when translating the Bible into German.

The Little Golden Calf

The Little Golden Calf
Author: Ilʹi︠a︡ Ilʹf
Publisher: Frederick Ungar
Total Pages: 424
Release: 1961
Genre: Russian fiction
ISBN:

The satirical novel's main character, Ostap Bender, also appeared in a previous novel by the authors called The Twelve Chairs. The title alludes to the "golden calf" of the Bible; another possible rendering of it in English, less literal but better tuned to the air of the novel, would be "The Gilded Calf". It continues the theme of the denunciation of money-grubbing, philistine stupidity, and bureaucracy, which began in “The Twelve Chairs”.

A New Gospel for Women

A New Gospel for Women
Author: Kristin Kobes Du Mez
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2015
Genre: History
ISBN: 0190205644

A work of history, biography, and historical theology, A New Gospel for Women tells the remarkable story of Katharine Bushnell (1855-1946), an internationally-known social reformer and author of God's Word to Women, a startling reinterpretation of the Christian Scriptures that even today stands as one of the most innovative and comprehensive feminist theologies ever written.

Maidenhair

Maidenhair
Author: Mikhail Shishkin
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781934824368

Day after day the Russian asylum-seekers sit across from the interpreter and Peter - the Swiss officers who guard the gates to paradise - and tell of the atrocities they've suffered, or that they've invented, or heard from someone else. These stories of escape, war, and violence intermingle with the interpreter's own reading: a history of an ancient Persian war; letters sent to his son Nebuchadnezzasaurus,' ruler of a distant, imaginary childhood empire; and the diaries of a Russian singer who lived through Russia's wars and revolutions.'

The Invented Part

The Invented Part
Author: Rodrigo Fresan
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2017
Genre: FICTION
ISBN: 9781940953564

A sprawling epic about imagination, creation, and reality in the vein of Infinite Jest and Gravity's Rainbow.

This Little Art

This Little Art
Author: Kate Briggs
Publisher:
Total Pages: 365
Release: 2017
Genre: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
ISBN: 9781910695456

Part-essay and part-memoir, 'This Little Art' is a manifesto for the practice of literary translation.

Letters to a Young Poet

Letters to a Young Poet
Author: Rainer Maria Rilke
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
Total Pages: 118
Release: 2021-06-01
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 0834843676

A fresh perspective on a beloved classic by acclaimed translators Anita Barrows and Joanna Macy. German poet Rainer Maria Rilke’s (1875–1926) Letters to a Young Poet has been treasured by readers for nearly a century. Rilke’s personal reflections on the vocation of writing and the experience of living urge an aspiring poet to look inward, while also offering sage wisdom on further issues including gender, solitude, and romantic love. Barrows and Macy’s translation extends this compilation of timeless advice and wisdom to a fresh generation of readers. With a new introduction and commentary, this edition places the letters in the context of today’s world and the unique challenges we face when seeking authenticity.

The Hill We Climb

The Hill We Climb
Author: Amanda Gorman
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2021-03-30
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 0593465288

The instant #1 New York Times bestseller and #1 USA Today bestseller Amanda Gorman’s electrifying and historic poem “The Hill We Climb,” read at President Joe Biden’s inauguration, is now available as a collectible gift edition. “Stunning.” —CNN “Dynamic.” —NPR “Deeply rousing and uplifting.” —Vogue On January 20, 2021, Amanda Gorman became the sixth and youngest poet to deliver a poetry reading at a presidential inauguration. Taking the stage after the 46th president of the United States, Joe Biden, Gorman captivated the nation and brought hope to viewers around the globe with her call for unity and healing. Her poem “The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country” can now be cherished in this special gift edition, perfect for any reader looking for some inspiration. Including an enduring foreword by Oprah Winfrey, this remarkable keepsake celebrates the promise of America and affirms the power of poetry.

The Endless Summer

The Endless Summer
Author: Madame Nielsen
Publisher: Open Letter Books
Total Pages: 120
Release: 2018-02-13
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781940953694

A seductive novel of an illicit love affair and one of those summers that changes everyone's life forever.

Elena Ferrante as World Literature

Elena Ferrante as World Literature
Author: Stiliana Milkova Rousseva
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2021-01-14
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1501357530

"A model of academic praxis." - Public Books Elena Ferrante as World Literature is the first English-language monograph on Italian writer Elena Ferrante, whose four Neapolitan Novels (2011-2014) became a global phenomenon. The book proposes that Ferrante constructs a theory of feminine experience which serves as the scaffolding for her own literary practice. Drawing on the writer's entire textual corpus to date, Stiliana Milkova examines the linguistic, psychical, and corporeal-spatial realities that constitute the female subjects Ferrante has theorized. At stake in Ferrante's theory/practice is the articulation of a feminine subjectivity that emerges from the structures of patriarchal oppression and that resists, bypasses, or subverts these very structures. Milkova's inquiry proceeds from Ferrante's theory of frantumaglia and smarginatura to explore mechanisms for controlling and containing the female body and mind, forms of female authorship and creativity, and corporeal negotiations of urban topography and patriarchal space. Elena Ferrante as World Literature sets forth an interdisciplinary framework for understanding Ferrante's texts and offers an account of her literary and cultural significance today.