M.A.Orthofer
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Still, probably most exited about the 𝐴𝑑𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑀𝑎𝑥 𝑆𝑝𝑖𝑡𝑧𝑘𝑜𝑝𝑓 from the @yiddishbookcenter.bsky.social / White Goat Press www.yiddishbookcenter.org/about/white-... (HT @tobiascarroll.bsky.social 's @wwborders.bsky.social Watchlist: wordswithoutborders.org/read/article... )
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Adventures of Max Spitzkopf: The Yiddish Sherlock Holmes, translated by Mikhl Yashinsky (White Goat Press, 2025)
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November 29, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Still, probably most exited about the 𝐴𝑑𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑀𝑎𝑥 𝑆𝑝𝑖𝑡𝑧𝑘𝑜𝑝𝑓 from the @yiddishbookcenter.bsky.social / White Goat Press www.yiddishbookcenter.org/about/white-... (HT @tobiascarroll.bsky.social 's @wwborders.bsky.social Watchlist: wordswithoutborders.org/read/article... )
Excited to see more Jeyamohan coming (from @transitbooks.bsky.social ARC of: www.transitbooks.org/books/theabyss ), and yet more forthcoming @mcnallyeditions.com goodies www.mcnallyeditions.com/books/forthc... .
Transit Books — The Abyss
Jeyamohan Translated from the Tamil by Suchitra Ramachandran Raw, tender, and darkly comic, The Abyss is widely considered a masterpiece from Jeyamohan, a writer whose ...
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November 29, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Excited to see more Jeyamohan coming (from @transitbooks.bsky.social ARC of: www.transitbooks.org/books/theabyss ), and yet more forthcoming @mcnallyeditions.com goodies www.mcnallyeditions.com/books/forthc... .
As colorful as the Youchan Ito/Cadmus Press cover is, I prefer the Serbian original.
November 24, 2025 at 4:41 PM
As colorful as the Youchan Ito/Cadmus Press cover is, I prefer the Serbian original.
(As with many of these German/Austrian prizes, they announce the winners 𝑤𝑎𝑦 before the actual prize-giving: the ceremony is only set for 29 June 2026.)
November 24, 2025 at 2:41 PM
(As with many of these German/Austrian prizes, they announce the winners 𝑤𝑎𝑦 before the actual prize-giving: the ceremony is only set for 29 June 2026.)
One can hope. Though I would have expected it by now .....
November 23, 2025 at 1:45 AM
One can hope. Though I would have expected it by now .....
Who doesn't love a grim hamburger ? Though I order mine, like my steaks, black and blue — as rare as they're willing to make them.
November 21, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Who doesn't love a grim hamburger ? Though I order mine, like my steaks, black and blue — as rare as they're willing to make them.
Thanks. He really was a remarkable writer, so much to discover still.
November 21, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Thanks. He really was a remarkable writer, so much to discover still.
And so did the 𝑆𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑇𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑠 !!!
November 21, 2025 at 4:21 PM
And so did the 𝑆𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑇𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑠 !!!
When 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑇𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑠 reviewed the first translation of this one they paired it with ... Musil's 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑀𝑎𝑛 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑄𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠 !
November 21, 2025 at 4:21 PM
When 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑇𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑠 reviewed the first translation of this one they paired it with ... Musil's 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑀𝑎𝑛 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑄𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠 !
Me too ! (I have some, but not anywhere near enough, *sigh*.)
November 19, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Me too ! (I have some, but not anywhere near enough, *sigh*.)
Have never been able to find a copy of that one, so I had to plump for:
November 19, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Have never been able to find a copy of that one, so I had to plump for: