Found in Translation

One-hundred of the most notable short stories to have been translated into English are brought together here by regular Michel Houellebecq translator Frank Wynne. Includes translations from Saul Bellow, D.H. Lawrence and Edith Wharton of fiction from a massive range of cultures and traditions.

About the author

Frank Wynne is a writer and award-winning literary translator. Born in Ireland he has lived and worked in Dublin, Paris, Amsterdam, London, Buenos Aires and currently lives in San José, Costa Rica. He has translated more than a dozen major novels, among them the works of Michel Houellebecq, Frédéric Beigbeder, Pierre Mérot and the Ivorian novelist Ahmadou Kourouma. A journalist and broadcaster, he has written for the Sunday Times, the Independent, the Irish Times, Melody Maker, and Time Out.

Summary

A selection of 100 of the best short stories from around the world, selected by award-winning translator Frank Wynne.

Foreword

A selection of 100 of the best short stories from around the world, selected by award-winning translator Frank Wynne.

Additional text

A wonderful showcase of foreign fiction' Prospect.

Product details

• Authors: Frank Wynne
• Assisted by: Frank Wynne (Editor), Wynne Frank (Editor)
• Publisher: Head of Zeus
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2018
• EAN: 9781786695291
• ISBN: 978-1-78669-529-1
• No. of pages: 936
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; World, FICTION / General, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Short Stories, FICTION / Anthologies (multiple authors), Fiction, Fiction in translation, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General, Anthologies: general, Fiction: general and literary, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary