‘Celestial Bodies’ Makes Man Booker International Shortlist
The £50,000 prize for the winning book, set to be announced on May 21, will be divided equally between its author and translator.
Marilyn Booth
Marilyn Booth on Turning ‘Sayyidat al-Qamr’ into ‘Celestial Bodies’
“So, the most decisive situation is when I read something and think: I cannot stand for someone else to translate this, it has to be me.”
British Khoury Fans Will See /As Though She Were Sleeping/ Sooner than Americans
And again, the dueling translations. Just as when Elias Khoury’s terrifying, wonderful, critically acclaimed Yalo came out in English (with Peter Theroux doing the Archipelago translation and Humphrey Davies the […]