Mário de Andrade, the troll of the tropics
Two new translations of one of Brazil’s modernist greats have much to say about the country’s postcolonial reckoning—while still finding time to tell a good joke
Source: prospectmagazine.co.uk
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Searching for the True Brazil | Larry Rohter
The central conundrum in Brazil’s struggle to construct a cultural identity of its own has remained remarkably constant since the first Portuguese
Source: nybooks.com
Why Is the IMF Being Flexible on Argentina's Loan Program?
The fund has shown rare tolerance for the country’s unorthodox economic management.
Source: foreignpolicy.com
Translators on Publishing
What goes into the choosing of an author or the making of a book? How do translators move from research to words—from ideas to “solutions,” if we can call them that? What happens after translation, when a book finally enters the world? This event brings together Flora Thomson- DeVeaux and Katrina Dodson in celebration of two translations being released simultaneously this year: The Apprentice Tourist (Penguin) and Macunaíma: The Hero with No Character (New Directions), both by acclaimed ...
Source: princeton.edu