Andrei
@theuntranslated.bsky.social
Founder of The Untranslated, a blog about significant literary works not yet translated into English
https://theuntranslated.wordpress.com/
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Publishers Weekly reviews The Beginnings:
“towering absurdist work that is perhaps easier to admire than enjoy”
“It’s a bit exhausting, but there are plenty of marvels to be found.”
www.publishersweekly.com/9781646053957
“towering absurdist work that is perhaps easier to admire than enjoy”
“It’s a bit exhausting, but there are plenty of marvels to be found.”
www.publishersweekly.com/9781646053957
The Beginnings (Games of Eternity Book 1) by Antonio Moresco
In this towering absurdist work that is perhaps easier to admire than enjoy, Moresco (Clandestinity) chronicles a young man’s su...
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February 18, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Publishers Weekly reviews The Beginnings:
“towering absurdist work that is perhaps easier to admire than enjoy”
“It’s a bit exhausting, but there are plenty of marvels to be found.”
www.publishersweekly.com/9781646053957
“towering absurdist work that is perhaps easier to admire than enjoy”
“It’s a bit exhausting, but there are plenty of marvels to be found.”
www.publishersweekly.com/9781646053957
In the post: 40th anniversary Horcynus Orca edition, with pics
February 18, 2026 at 12:55 PM
In the post: 40th anniversary Horcynus Orca edition, with pics
Still from Andrey Zvyagintsev's new film Minotaur
February 17, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Still from Andrey Zvyagintsev's new film Minotaur
RIP
Michael Silverblatt, 'genius' host of KCRW literary show 'Bookworm,' dies at 73
Michael Silverblatt, 'genius' host of KCRW literary show 'Bookworm,' dies at 73
Silverblatt’s 30-minute show, which ran from 1989 to 2022, included interviews with celebrated authors including Gore Vidal, Kazuo Ishiguro, David Foster Wallace, Susan Orlean, Joan Didion and Zadie Smith.
www.latimes.com
February 16, 2026 at 1:33 PM
RIP
The Spine
A New Directions Bibliography
A comprehensive fan site and database covering every title published by New Directions since 1936. This site catalogues nearly 1,520 unique ISBNs
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A New Directions Bibliography
A comprehensive fan site and database covering every title published by New Directions since 1936. This site catalogues nearly 1,520 unique ISBNs
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The Spine — A New Directions Bibliography
A comprehensive fan site and database covering every title published by New Directions since 1936.
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February 14, 2026 at 8:04 PM
The Spine
A New Directions Bibliography
A comprehensive fan site and database covering every title published by New Directions since 1936. This site catalogues nearly 1,520 unique ISBNs
nd-collector-hub.vercel.app
A New Directions Bibliography
A comprehensive fan site and database covering every title published by New Directions since 1936. This site catalogues nearly 1,520 unique ISBNs
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Mircea Cărtărescu e Antonio Moresco_Campania Libri Festival
YouTube video by FLiP festival
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February 12, 2026 at 9:23 PM
The Battle of the Golden Spurs by James Ensor
February 12, 2026 at 9:11 PM
The Battle of the Golden Spurs by James Ensor
Hard to determine to which species this gargoyle on the front of the Reims Cathedral belongs. Photo credit: Kreatinst.
February 8, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Hard to determine to which species this gargoyle on the front of the Reims Cathedral belongs. Photo credit: Kreatinst.
“Why Should There Not Exist a World Composed of Invisible, Odd, Fantastic, Embryonic Beings?” by Odilon Redon
February 6, 2026 at 3:05 PM
“Why Should There Not Exist a World Composed of Invisible, Odd, Fantastic, Embryonic Beings?” by Odilon Redon
José Donoso’s The Obscene Bird of Night is one of the most difficult, disturbing, and rewarding novels in Latin American literature.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=xcEN...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=xcEN...
114 - The Obscene Bird of Night by José Donoso
YouTube video by Books of Some Substance
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February 5, 2026 at 9:21 PM
José Donoso’s The Obscene Bird of Night is one of the most difficult, disturbing, and rewarding novels in Latin American literature.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=xcEN...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=xcEN...
Heads up. Jacques Abeille’s Les Jardins statuaires has been translated into English and is getting published by NYRB.
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The Statuary Gardens
In an unnamed country where the men cultivate statues and the women are nowhere to be seen, a traveler takes a room at an inn. One foggy morning, a mysterious man invites him to take him on a tour of ...
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February 5, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Heads up. Jacques Abeille’s Les Jardins statuaires has been translated into English and is getting published by NYRB.
www.nyrb.com/products/the...
www.nyrb.com/products/the...
Reposted by Andrei
finished "Schattenfroh." a work unlike any other i've read, and perhaps the most challenging i've attempted. sublime, insane, ecstatic, and at times utterly bewildering.
one definitely calls that writing.
one definitely calls that writing.
February 4, 2026 at 8:38 AM
finished "Schattenfroh." a work unlike any other i've read, and perhaps the most challenging i've attempted. sublime, insane, ecstatic, and at times utterly bewildering.
one definitely calls that writing.
one definitely calls that writing.
“This book is nuts. And dazzling. And monstrous. It’s the sworn enemy of good posture and a healthy social life. It’s a delicious illness hellbent on consuming you in your entirety. It’s the strangest, saddest, and most hilarious novel I’ve ever read.”
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1001 Thoughts on Schattenfroh
NO STRESS NO WORRIES PLEASE ENJOY
mccormack7.substack.com
February 5, 2026 at 4:42 AM
“This book is nuts. And dazzling. And monstrous. It’s the sworn enemy of good posture and a healthy social life. It’s a delicious illness hellbent on consuming you in your entirety. It’s the strangest, saddest, and most hilarious novel I’ve ever read.”
mccormack7.substack.com/p/1001-thoug...
mccormack7.substack.com/p/1001-thoug...
So I have given my students a grammar exercise and there is Pynchon in it.
February 3, 2026 at 4:15 PM
So I have given my students a grammar exercise and there is Pynchon in it.
In the post: the first part of Lezama Lima’s biography by Ernesto Hernández Busto. If you still haven’t read Lezama’s neo-baroque masterpiece Paradiso, I don’t know what you’re doing with your lives.
January 31, 2026 at 12:04 PM
In the post: the first part of Lezama Lima’s biography by Ernesto Hernández Busto. If you still haven’t read Lezama’s neo-baroque masterpiece Paradiso, I don’t know what you’re doing with your lives.
Dragon initial, Normandy, 11th century
January 31, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Dragon initial, Normandy, 11th century
Thank you Paul and @thebaffler.com for getting more readers interested in Schattenfroh. For the newcomers, I have a guide
theuntranslated.wordpress.com/2025/10/03/a...
theuntranslated.wordpress.com/2025/10/03/a...
January 30, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Thank you Paul and @thebaffler.com for getting more readers interested in Schattenfroh. For the newcomers, I have a guide
theuntranslated.wordpress.com/2025/10/03/a...
theuntranslated.wordpress.com/2025/10/03/a...
The Soul of the Rich Man Tormented by Devils, Saint Pierre, Moissac
January 28, 2026 at 7:05 PM
The Soul of the Rich Man Tormented by Devils, Saint Pierre, Moissac
In the post: a linguistically exuberant Catalan novel that was out of print for too long.
January 28, 2026 at 7:13 AM
In the post: a linguistically exuberant Catalan novel that was out of print for too long.
The English translation of Cărtărescu's Theodoros is going to be published as a hardcover.
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Theodoros
Theodoros
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January 26, 2026 at 7:30 PM
The English translation of Cărtărescu's Theodoros is going to be published as a hardcover.
amzn.to/49JCcdS
amzn.to/49JCcdS
January 24, 2026 at 5:29 PM