THAT OTHER WORD: Episode 5 | September 2012 | Margaret Jull Costa




Two Voices: Events from the Center for the Art of Translation show

Summary: Daniel Medin and Scott Esposito return to the second season of That Other Word energized by the translators and rsquo; duels at the Edinburgh International Book Festival and the great work being done at the UK-based press And Other Stories. They look forward to new works in translation this fall, including Antonio Tabucci and rsquo;s The Flying Creatures of Fra Angelico, Basque author and Edinburgh guest Bernardo Atxaga and rsquo;s Seven Hours in France, and the latest from César Aira, The Miracle Cures of Dr. Aira. Daniel Medin hopes that several novels generating interest in Germany and France - ; Jenny Erpenbeck and rsquo;s Aller Tage Abend, Clemens J. Setz and rsquo;s Indigo, and Jean Echenoz and rsquo;s 14 - ; will soon be translated as well. Afterward, Scott Esposito sits down with Margaret Jull Costa, a distinguished translator from Spanish and Portuguese who has brought Javier Marías, José Saramago, and Eça de Queiroz into English.