The Jewish translator behind Elena Ferrante — and Primo Levi
It was back in the fall, at an event at BookCourt in Brooklyn, when translator Ann Goldstein was first asked for her autograph by an eager reader.
It was back in the fall, at an event at BookCourt in Brooklyn, when translator Ann Goldstein was first asked for her autograph by an eager reader.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said there will always be a job waiting in Israel for a U.N. interpreter caught wondering aloud at the excessive number of anti-Israel resolutions.
\”The Book of Lamentations: A Meditation and Translation\” by David R. Slavitt (Johns Hopkins University Press. $15.95).
David R. Slavitt\’s new translation of Eicha (Lamentations) demonstrates his masterful sensibilities and poetic fortitude. Avoiding the abstract and distant language typical of academic poetry, Slavitt\’s poetry and translations are accessible to the common reader, but written without compromise.