Catalan Literature in Translation Special!

It's a Catalan Literature in Translation Special!

I'm delighted to welcome Mara Faye Lethem and Tiago Miller to discuss two recently released books from Catalonia

Irene Solà's When I Sing, Mountains Dance has has been re-released in paperback translated by Mara for Granta

Josep Maria Argemí's The Angel of Santa Sofia has been newly released and translated by Tiago for Fum d'Estampa


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Rippling Points:

Good and Evil: how the boundaries between what's right and wrong are blurred and might reflect debates about Catalonian history

The Catalan Language: Literature and it's role in keeping a language thriving

Reference Points:

Irene Solà's first novel Els dics (The Dams, L'Altra Editorial, 2018)

Jaume Cristòfol Pons Alorda
Jorge Luis Borges
Víctor Català
Jordi Cussa
Josep Palau i Fabre
Maria Mercè Marçal
Mercè Rodoreda
Marià Vayreda

Artists
Caravaggio
Salvador Dali

Mara's Essay in Lithub: https://lithub.com/author/marafayelethem/