#Spain

Aug 3, 2020

Review: Many People Die Like You

Review of 'Many People Die Like You' by Lina Wolff (tr. Saskia Vogel).

Apr 21, 2020

Part 3 of 3 in this series. Stay at home, travel by book.

Sep 30, 2019

The curious life of 13th century monk Michael Scot is reimagined. Much is at stake as his translations seek to recover lost knowledge.

Aug 24, 2019

This remarkable and revelatory book does rather a lot in its circa 200 pages. It is the autobiographical experience of a Spaniard working...

Aug 1, 2019

With the arrival of August comes the beginning of Women in Translation Month, dedicated to celebrating, promoting and reading women in...

Mar 5, 2019

Back home after some time recharging the batteries and eating far too much in Spain, enjoying a mug of Cola Cao and a buñuelo bought in...

May 17, 2017

Following on from the previous post, in this entry I am delighted to present my own translation of an extract from the novel discussed...

May 9, 2017

Sport and fiction don’t always mix well. The attraction of sport is that the drama is real, truly unscripted and unpredictable;...

Apr 22, 2017

Fish and trees are alike (p7) Recently as part of a module on my masters course we were given an interesting task: we were let loose in...