Comments and questions about translation of Swedish, German, Danish, and Norwegian crime fiction as well as "real" literature.
"Music is supposed to wash away the dust of everyday life."
Art Blakey
13 October 2009
Reg and Felicity take Indianapolis by storm
(For an hour, anyway.) Anybody going to Bouchercon? We'll be appearing on a panel moderated by Peter Rozovsky on translating crime fiction. Come and hear the straight dope from the translators of Stieg Larsson, Karin Fossum, Henning Mankell, Mari Jungstedt, Karin Alvtegen, Peter Høeg, Camilla Läckberg, Mikkel Birkegaard, Leif Davidsen, Helene Tursten, Jan Guillou, and Arne Dahl. Thursday the 15th at 10:30 a.m. Hope to see you there!
Would have loved to be there. If you are coming over to the UK at any time in the near future do let me know in advance. In the middle of reading "Hornet's Nest". Great book (and splendid translation)
How I wish I could be there! Have a great time, both of you. Reg, I hope you are pleased by the wonderful reception of Stieg#3 - both the reviews and the sales. BTW, I just wrote a guest post on translated crime fiction for the Picador (Macmillan) blog and mentioned both yours and Tiina's work: http://www.panmacmillan.com/Picador/ManageBlog.aspx?BlogID=e7950ff7-f39b-4277-85db-542469de75d9&BlogPage=Permalink
Never thought I'd be dying to go to Indianapolis. This looks exciting though! Wish I could be there.
Just finished The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest. Absolutely loved it and the whole Millennium Trilogy for that matter. What am I going to do now that I've read all of Larsson's works? The 2nd Lackburg I guess.
Have fun in Indy.
David http://www.globalaroundtown.blogspot.com
PS - Reg, would you like to write a piece about translating these works that I could post on GAT?
The Last Good Man - A.J. Kazinski [translated by Tiina Nunnally]
The Black Echo - Michael Connelly
Worth Dying For - Lee Child
Gateway - Frederik Pohl
Inside the Jihad: A Spy's Story - Omar Nasiri
Relic - Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
Me, the Mob and the Music: One Helluva Ride with Tommy James and the Shondells - Tommy James with Martin Fitzpatrick
2084: An Oral History of the Great Warming - James Lawrence Powell [on Kindle]
Eleven Minutes - Paulo Coelho
Untouched by Human Hands - Robert Sheckley (his first collection of SF stories, some of which hold up well after 57 years)
The Hidden Child - Camilla Läckberg [translated by Tiina Nunnally]
Silesian Station - David Downing (if you like books about Berlin in the '30s & '40s, this series is excellent)
Zoo Station - David Downing
After the Wall - Jana Hensel
On Gratitude: Celebrities Share What They're Most Thankful For - Todd Aaron Jensen (lots of nuggets of wisdom here)
The Tourist - Olen Steinhauer
Tripwire - Lee Child
Black Betty - Walter Mosley
The Main Experiment - Christopher Hodder-Williams
Dead Low Tide - John D. Macdonald
Albums I'm listening to
Lionel Hampton & Teddy Wilson with Gene Krupa (1960s)
George Benson/Joe Farrell: Benson & Farrell (1976)
Larry Carlton: Sleepwalk (1982)
Al Cohn/Zoot Sims Quintet: You 'n Me (1960s)
Joe Pass, Clark Terry, et al: A Celebration of Duke (1980)
Eric Gale: Blue Horizon (1982)
George Benson: Blue Benson (1976)
George Benson: Body Talk
A Man and the Blues - Buddy Guy (1968) Buddy's first Vanguard album and still one of his best -- with the wondrous Otis Spann on piano
Hoosier Hot Shots: Everybody Stomp (2003) Great 4 CD set from Proper Records in the UK (if you haven't heard these guys, check them out -- the happiest music on the planet!) "Are you ready, Hezzie?"
Tony Mottola: various pop guitar albums from the '60s
Erik Satie: Piano Music (Aldo Ciccolini) (1950s) Magnifico!
Eric Gale & Ron Carter: In a Jazz Tradition (1988) Tasty!
Bob Dylan: Blonde on Blonde (1966) My favorite poetry in song form
The Harmonicats: Best Loved Hits (1984) Fond memories of my grandfather's 78 collection...
Velvet Underground & Nico (1967) The Lou Reed workouts are the standout on this disc
Hoyt Axton: Life Machine (1974)
J.S. Bach: Orchestral Suites 1-4 (1739)
Some of my favorite movies
District 9 (2009) a modernized PhilDickian tale about humans and aliens; which do you think are more human?
The Soloist (2008) very good movie that zeros in on what music does to your mind
The Night of the Hunter (1955)
Out of the Past (1947)
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Vertigo (1958)
Cinema Paradiso (1988)
Chinatown (1974)
Buena Vista Social Club (1999)
The Awful Truth (1937)
After the Thin Man (1936)
The 39 Steps (1935)
The Big Sleep (1946)
The Saragossa Manuscript (1965)
Any B science fiction movie with Whit Bissell, such as Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954), Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956), I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957)
Would have loved to be there. If you are coming over to the UK at any time in the near future do let me know in advance. In the middle of reading "Hornet's Nest". Great book (and splendid translation)
ReplyDeleteHow I wish I could be there! Have a great time, both of you. Reg, I hope you are pleased by the wonderful reception of Stieg#3 - both the reviews and the sales. BTW, I just wrote a guest post on translated crime fiction for the Picador (Macmillan) blog and mentioned both yours and Tiina's work: http://www.panmacmillan.com/Picador/ManageBlog.aspx?BlogID=e7950ff7-f39b-4277-85db-542469de75d9&BlogPage=Permalink
ReplyDeleteNever thought I'd be dying to go to Indianapolis. This looks exciting though! Wish I could be there.
ReplyDeleteJust finished The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest. Absolutely loved it and the whole Millennium Trilogy for that matter. What am I going to do now that I've read all of Larsson's works? The 2nd Lackburg I guess.
Have fun in Indy.
David
http://www.globalaroundtown.blogspot.com
PS - Reg, would you like to write a piece about translating these works that I could post on GAT?