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"In volume 1 of Trafika Europe, Andrew Singer gathers choice offerings from the first year of the quarterly journal of the same name. These fourteen selectionsùfrom seven women and seven men, seven poets and seven fiction writersùrepresent languages across the Continent, from Shetland Scots and Occitan, Latvian and Polish, Armenian, Italian, Hungarian, German, and Slovenian to Faroese and Icelandic. With some of the most accomplished writing in new translation from Europe today, this volume opens a window onto some emerging contours of European identity. Former ASCAP director of photography Mark Chester complements the writing with sumptuous black-and-white photos.
The contributors are Vincenzo Bagnoli, Ewa Chrusciel, Christine DeLuca, Mandy Haggith, Stefanie Kremser, AurÚlia Lassaque, Wies?aw My?liwski, J¿anes Nielsen, Edv?ns Raups, Lßszl¿ Sßrk÷zi, Marko Sosi?, J¿n Kalman Stefßnsson, Nara Vardanyan, and M?ra Z?l?te.
List of contents
"Contents
EditorÆs Welcome
1 û Wies?aw My?liwski: A Treatise on Shelling Beans (novel excerpt)
2 û AurÚlia Lassaque: The King of Golden Silk (a poem)
3 û M?ra Z?l?te: Five Fingers (novel excerpt)
4 û Christine DeLuca (five poems)
5 û Marko Sosi?: Ballerina, Ballerina (novel excerpt)
6 û Vincenzo Bagnoli: Orpheus in the Underworld 1999 (Dead Times) (a poem)
7 û Stefanie Kremser: The day I learned to fly (novel excerpt)
8 û Edv?ns Raups: then touch me here (ten poems)
9 û J¿n Kalman Stefßnsson: The Heart of Man (novel excerpt)
10 û Lßszl¿ Sßrk÷zi: Inner World (a poem)
11 û J¿anes Nielson: The Brahmadells: A North Atlantic Chronicle (novel excerpt)
12 û Nara Vardanyan û Amour (a short story)
13 û Ewa Chrusciel (six poems)
14 û Mandy Haggith (seven tree poems)
A note about the photographs
Acknowledgments
About the author
Andrew Singer is Lecturer in Comparative Literature at The Pennsylvania State University and Director and Editor-in-Chief of Trafika Europe (trafikaeurope.org).
Summary
A collection of fiction and poetry representing the literature of cultures across Europe, including Shetland Scots, Occitan, Latvian, Polish, Armenian, Italian, Hungarian, German, Slovenian, Faroese and Icelandic.
