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Adam Thirlwell

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Adam Thirlwell was born in on August 22, 1978 the U.K. He was educated at the independent Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School, He was a Prize Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford between 2000 and 2007, and worked as assistant editor at the literary magazine Areté. His work has been translated into mehr anzeigen thirty languages. He has twice been named as one of Granta's Best of Young British Novelists. In 2015 he received the E.M. Forster Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He is the London editor of The Paris Review. He was also announced as an Honorary Fellow of the Metaphysical Club at the Domus Academy in Milan. Adam Thirlwell is the author of Lurid & Cute, which made the Goldsmiths Prize 2015 shortlist. (Bowker Author Biography) weniger anzeigen

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Die Elenden (1862) — Einführung, einige Ausgaben26,141 Exemplare
Petersburg (1922) — Einführung, einige Ausgaben1,491 Exemplare
The Book of Other People (2008) — Mitwirkender — 737 Exemplare
Tanzstunden für Erwachsene und Fortgeschrittene (1964) — Einführung, einige Ausgaben418 Exemplare
Down the Rabbit Hole (2010) — Einführung, einige Ausgaben355 Exemplare
Autobiography of a Corpse (2013) — Einführung, einige Ausgaben343 Exemplare
Granta 81: Best of Young British Novelists 2003 (2003) — Mitwirkender — 273 Exemplare
The Lute and the Scars (1994) — Vorwort, einige Ausgaben84 Exemplare

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What was that, exactly? I got the 'story', sort of Bret Easton Ellis does Les Liaisons Dangereuses and recognised some of the real life figures from the French Revolution era, but the essays turned sermons on every subject from language to colonialism and feminism, especially when written by a man, left me cold. Also, this should have been a novella at best - I wasted a week reading on instead of DNF'ing because of the aforementioned eighteenth century setting and also because I had already wasted far too much time to give up. On the plus side - gorgeous cover and I did actually like the characters, such as they were.… (mehr)
 
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AdonisGuilfoyle | Oct 8, 2023 |
This issue takes on two of McSweeney's obsessions: translations and antiquated literary forms and turns it into a game of phone tag. Easily one of the strangest issues they've ever done, the physical format is also unwieldy with a cover system that leaves nearly three inches of the interior pages uncovered so that they have curled over time. The issue is also so wide, it hangs out from the bookshelf.
The premise starts with twelve relatively obscure stories in eleven different languages. The next author translates the work, unusually into English, trying to maintain the original author's style. The next author works strictly from that translation into another language, the next translates that translation and so on. Each story can have up to six iterations. The end result isn't always in English, but often is.
While it's a clever exercise highlighting the importance and difficulty of translation, it doesn't always result in good writing. Unless you are able to read multiple languages, you won't be able to read much of the effort. Most interesting is the translator's notes and the fact that editor Adam Thirlwell was able to get so many big name international writers to join the game.
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RobertOK | 1 weitere Rezension | Aug 8, 2023 |
Great concept, occasionally frustrating execution.
 
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tronella | Jun 6, 2020 |
Little Shit Syndrome is normally diagnosed in small children. Cheeky novelists are apparently also susceptible. Hey man, what if I alternate fucking and theory in my rad new novel? Check this one under bong hits to perspicacity. I nearly cringe when I think about this novel. Politics didn't leave me wanting a shower, I wasn't dirty, only bored and annoyed with Thirwell's waste of tender gifts.
 
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jonfaith | 2 weitere Rezensionen | Feb 22, 2019 |

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