The Tool & the Butterflies

In this satirical, phantasmagorical novel by a star of contemporary Russian literature, Lipskerov writes about an aging man trying to find his place in modern society despite significant damage to his egö and his ¿tool.¿

A propos de l'auteur

Reilly Costigan-Humes and Isaac Stackhouse Wheeler are a team of literary translators who met as undergraduates at Haverford College, where they studied Russian language and literature. They are the co-translators of Voroshilovgrad by Serhiy Zhadan (Deep Vellum, 2016). Their translations from Russian and Ukrainian have been published in Coldnoon, The Missing Slate, Trafika Europe, and Two Lines. They are also the recipients of the translated book of the year prize from the American Association for Ukrainian Studies.

Résumé

In this satirical, phantasmagorical novel by a star of contemporary Russian literature, Lipskerov writes about an aging man trying to find his place in modern society despite significant damage to his ego… and his “tool.”

Préface

Select events planned with author and translator; pitching for National Book Festival (D.C.), PEN World Voices (NYC), Balkan studies programs at universities

Serial rights targeting Calvert Journal, The New Yorker, The Guardian, The White Review, Guernica, Asymptote, Words Without Borders, World Literature Today, Music & Literature, and others

Print publicity targeting prominent literary journals and newspaper book sections

Promotion at ABA Winter Institute, ALA, and the American Literary Translators Association Conference

Review copies will be sent targeting all major print and digital literary media outlets; additional review copies available upon request

Promotion on the publisher’s website (deepvellum.org), twitter feed (@deepvellum), and Facebook page (/deepvellum); promotion in the publisher’s e-newsletter

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Dmitry Lipskerov
• Collaboration: Reilly Costigan-Humes (Traduction), Costigan-Humes Reilly (Traduction), Isaac Wheeler (Traduction), Wheeler Isaac (Traduction)
• Edition: Ingram Publishers Services
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 12.01.2021
• EAN: 9781646050390
• ISBN: 978-1-64605-039-0
• Illustrations: No
• Catégories: Littérature > Science-fiction , fantastique; Fantasy, Belletristik: Humor, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Magical Realism, FICTION / Satire, Fiction - General, FICTION / Absurdist, Magical Realism, Fiction: general and literary, Satirical fiction and parodies