Seeing People Off -

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Editeur : Two Dollar Radio

Langue : Anglais

Parution : 01/05/2017

Format : Moyen, de 350g à 1kg

Nombre de pages : 142

Expédition : 168

Dimensions : 19.0 x 13.6 x 1.5

ISBN : 9781937512590

Résumé :

*Winner of the European Union Prize for Literature.

There is a liveliness and effervescence to Jana Benov?'s prose that is magnetic. Whether addressing the loneliness of relationships or the effectiveness of rat poison, her voice and observations call to mind the verve and sophistication of Renata Adler or Jenny Offill, while remaining utterly singular.

Seeing People Off follows Elza and Ian, a young couple living in a humongous apartment complex outside Bratislava where the walls play music and talk, and time is immaterial.

Drawing on her memories, everyday interactions, observations of post-socialist realities, and Elza's attraction to actor, Kalisto Tanzi, Seeing People Off is a kaleidoscopic, poetic, and deeply funny portrait of a relationship....

Biographie:
Author Jana Benov? is one of the most acclaimed Slovakian writers, and winner of the European Union Prize for Literature. She is a poet and novelist, author of the novels Seeing People Off, Away! Away!, Parker, and Honeymoon, as well as three collections of poems. Though her work has been widely translated, Seeing People Off is her first work to be translated into English.
Translator Janet Livingstone was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and ventured to Czechoslovakia just after the 1989 Velvet Revolution. In total, she spent 15 years in Bratislava in Slovakia. In 2003, she began translating films and plays from Slovak to English and hasn't looked back since. Among her full-length book translations are Master your Stage Fright by Slovak master violinist, Bohdan Warchal and Piata lod (working title: Boat Number Five) by novelist Monika Kompan?kov?. In addition to Jana Benov?, her current translation projects include the novels The Best of All Worlds by Slovak-Swiss author Irena Brezn? and The Arab World-Another Planet? by Emire Khidayer. Janet lives in Seattle with her two children and also speaks French, Italian, Russian, Spanish and elementary Japanese to anyone who will listen.
Translator Janet Livingstone was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and ventured to Czechoslovakia just after the 1989 Velvet Revolution. In total, she spent 15 years in Bratislava in Slovakia. In 2003, she began translating films and plays from Slovak to English and hasn't looked back since. Among her full-length book translations are Master your Stage Fright by Slovak master violinist, Bohdan Warchal and Piata lod (working title: Boat Number Five) by novelist Monika Kompan?kov?. In addition to Jana Benov?, her current translation projects include the novels The Best of All Worlds by Slovak-Swiss author Irena Brezn? and The Arab World-Another Planet? by Emire Khidayer. Janet lives in Seattle with her two children and also speaks French, Italian, Russian, Spanish and elementary Japanese to anyone who will listen.

Sommaire:
Author Jana Benov? is one of the most acclaimed Slovakian writers, and winner of the European Union Prize for Literature. She is a poet and novelist, author of the novels Seeing People Off, Away! Away!, Parker, and Honeymoon, as well as three collections of poems. Though her work has been widely translated, Seeing People Off is her first work to be translated into English.
Translator Janet Livingstone was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and ventured to Czechoslovakia just after the 1989 Velvet Revolution. In total, she spent 15 years in Bratislava in Slovakia. In 2003, she began translating films and plays from Slovak to English and hasn't looked back since. Among her full-length book translations are Master your Stage Fright by Slovak master violinist, Bohdan Warchal and Piata lod (working title: Boat Number Five) by novelist Monika Kompan?kov?. In addition to Jana Benov?, her current translation projects include the novels The Best of All Worlds by Slovak-Swiss author Irena Brezn? and The Arab World-Another Planet? by Emire Khidayer. Janet lives in Seattle with her two children and also speaks French, Italian, Russian, Spanish and elementary Japanese to anyone who will listen.
Translator Janet Livingstone was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and ventured to Czechoslovakia just after the 1989 Velvet Revolution. In total, she spent 15 years in Bratislava in Slovakia. In 2003, she began translating films and plays from Slovak to English and hasn't looked back since. Among her full-length book translations are Master your Stage Fright by Slovak master violinist, Bohdan Warchal and Piata lod (working title: Boat Number Five) by novelist Monika Kompan?kov?. In addition to Jana Benov?, her current translation projects include the novels The Best of All Worlds by Slovak-Swiss author Irena Brezn? and The Arab World-Another Planet? by Emire Khidayer. Janet lives in Seattle with her two children and also speaks French, Italian, Russian, Spanish and elementary Japanese to anyone who will listen....