January 30, 2008
January 29, 2008
Coming soon
What I hope to add to this site in 2008:
1. An interview with the translator Gilbert Alter-Gilbert. Gilbert has been very patient with me as I prepare for the interview (and procrastinate). We've agreed to stick to the topic of "literary history" -- this topic is inexhaustible for the two of us.
2. A bibliography of 19th century English translations of German Romanticism (a project suggested to me by Richard Sieburth in a kind note).
3. Posts about all the obscure German Romanticism I've unearthed.
4. Posts about some of my favorite authors, who I still haven't talked about here: Bataille/Blanchot (God help me if I start reading them again), William Goyen, Gerhard Reve, Cioran, Jarry, Desnos , Schwob, Char, Rosendorfer, the Strugatskis.
5. Scans of incredibly rare or cool stuff I've collected in the past few months, including Borel's Champavert.
6. Translations from the French, maybe stuff by Georges Limbour (okay, this is a long shot for 2008).
7. Posts from an English-language textbook on Hungarian authors, from 1968.
8. More scans of Corvina's Hungarian books in translation.
9. Interview with Marc Lowenthal about his old Club of Odd Volumes???
10. Completion of the Jahnn comparison. (Unless I completely abandon it until I learn German, perhaps a more sensible plan.)
11. Post about the Cape Editions series, now that I've acquired an interview with Nathaniel Tarn about his time at Cape.
12. Scans of Daumal's Le Grand Jeu.
13. Further exploration of the usual suspects: Bernhard, Caillois, Cendrars, Daumal, Jahnn, Karinthy, Michaux, Walser.
14. Atlas Printed Head scans and commentary
15. Scans of Panama
The Devil to Pay in the Backlands
Looking at this object I can tell Joao Guimaraes Rosa (excuse the lack of accents) was obviously well-loved by Alfred Knopf. Knopf himself is credited with the author photo, and check out the gorgeous decorations on the spine and front of the book. The whole package is just stunning -- publishing done right!Robert Nedelkoff mentions in the comments on the Neglected Books site post that New Directions has plans to reprint The Devil to Pay in the Backlands. Please God do it.
If you are searching for this book, I'd suggest waiting for the reprint. This edition goes for hundreds of dollars at the moment. As far as I know, it was never available in paperback.
This post (along with the post below about A Life Full of Holes etc.) completes my scans of titles on "the list." My standard spiel about the list: Brad, the editor of the great Neglected Books site [neglectedbooks.com], posted an annotated list of 20 out-of-print books I made in June of 2000 (a list which helped me get a job in publishing). He added links to all the book titles. I'm going to post images of the books discussed (if I still have them). The permanent link for the list on Neglected Books. View all my posts about the list here.
The spine under the dustjacket:
Decoration from front panel:
Jaguar and Other Stories
A Life Full of Holes
I'm trying to tie up some loose ends on the blog. This post (along with the post above about The Devil to Pay in the Backlands) completes my scans of titles on "the list." My standard spiel about the list: Brad, the editor of the great Neglected Books site [neglectedbooks.com], posted an annotated list of 20 out-of-print books I made in June of 2000 (a list which helped me get a job in publishing). He added links to all the book titles. I'm going to post images of the books discussed (if I still have them). The permanent link for the list on Neglected Books. View all my posts about the list here.I plan to re-read A Life Full of Holes soon and I'll post about it extensively. It is one of my holy books.
Nobel Prize winner, close friend of Celan, and out-of-print for years in the US. Apparently Green Integer is bringing out two volumes in March 2008.
I can't tell you much more about Langgasser. Read the flaps.
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