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Andrei
@theuntranslated.bsky.social
Founder of The Untranslated, a blog about significant literary works not yet translated into English

https://theuntranslated.wordpress.com/
Vasily Kandinsky's Saint Georges
November 15, 2025 at 10:46 AM
5-star review of Theodoros by Remo Verdickt in De Standaard
November 14, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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While we are both delighted and relieved to see Boualem Sansal pardoned and able to reunite with his family, he should never have been deprived of his freedom in the first place. Algeria must do better in protecting writers’ freedom of expression. www.france24.com/en/live-news...
Algeria pardons French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal
Algeria’s president on Wednesday granted a humanitarian pardon to French-Algerian novelist Boualem Sansal following a German request for his release. The 81-year-old writer, whose year-long imprisonme...
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November 13, 2025 at 4:17 AM
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Pair of charmingly grumpy owls out on skates for winter fun. Have even brought along a snack! By Adriaen van de Venne, who died (alas!) on this day 1662.
November 12, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Brazilian book haul
November 12, 2025 at 8:01 AM
"Altamente recomendable para quien busque una experiencia en su totalidad, sus fragmentos pueden funcionar por si solos pero Schattenfroh es una pieza en su totalidad y tal como la vida, se entiende [...] en retrospectiva"

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MVG's review of Schattenfroh
5/5: Comencemos mencionando que Schattenfroh NO es una Novela, tal como menciona la portada Schattenfroh es un Réquiem. A duras penas puedo llamarle a Schattenfroh un libro si no un texto, un escrito,...
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November 11, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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This week at JHU: AGHI in Translation! Read the excerpt from SCHATTENFROH by Michael Lentz, translated from the German by Max Lawton, then attend the events with Lawton and Deep Vellum publisher Will Evans on Nov. 12 & 13 in Baltimore.

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From SCHATTENFROH — The Hopkins Review
Translated from the German by Max Lawton and published by Deep Vellum through the Alexander Grass Humanities Institute's AGHI in Translation initiative, Michael Lentz's first novel translated into Eng...
hopkinsreview.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:26 PM
We have another 1-hour video review of Schattenfroh, from a fairly recent BookTube channel called Gravity's Random.

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Schattenfroh (Michael Lentz, trans. Max Lawton) | BOOK REVIEW
YouTube video by Gravity's Random
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November 9, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I don't buy that many trinkets, but here's the bestiary I have amassed:

Scarab from Luxor, windmill from Amsterdam, golem from Prague, longhorn skull from Texas, hippo from Alexandria, camel from Petra, lizard from Barcelona, mask from Venice.
November 9, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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There are angels hovering round: sacristy of S. Marco, Basilica of the Santa Casa, Loreto. Painted in 1477 by Melozzo da Forli, angel man, whose day is today.
November 8, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Congrats to Laure Hinckel for winning Le Grand Prix de traduction de la Ville d’Arles 2025 for her corruscating translation of Mircea Cărtărescu's Theodoros!

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Laure Hinckel remporte le Grand Prix de traduction de la Ville d’Arles 2025
Porté par ATLAS, l’Association pour la promotion de la traduction littéraire, le Grand Prix de traduction de la Ville d’Arles, doté de 5000 €, a été...
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November 8, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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De Roemeen Mircea #Cartarescu schrijft bizarre romans waarin hij onze verbeelding tot in het oneindige oprekt. Zo ook in #Theodoros: een duizelingwekkend weefsel van hallucinante verhalen over een "keizer van de oneindigheid". Voor mij de roman van het jaar: boekenkrant.com/recensie/the...
Essay: Theodoros - Boekenkrant
Theodoros, een zoon van arbeiders die in een fictieverhaal opklimt tot grote hoogte, en daarna weer net zo hard valt.
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November 5, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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So, I’ve had it for a while, and my mind had been scattered and going through some dark places this week, I could just start reading this and writting down some thoughts here to get back some degree of literary competency
November 6, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Sanctify Yourself
Schattenfroh’s art of salvation

by Michael Barron

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Sanctify Yourself | The Point Magazine
In the summer of 2024, Deep Vellum, a Dallas-based press, announced a program to bring out “badass avant-garde masterpieces that would otherwise not be translated […]
thepointmag.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:36 PM
L’aile gauche Mircea Cărtărescu

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novembre 2025 – La viduité
1 article publié par viduite en November 2025
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November 3, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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King David playing the harp; angels sing to his music. By Hendrick ter Brugghen, 1628. It’s his day today.
November 1, 2025 at 10:05 PM
What is Schattenfroh about? I think Chris has more or less nailed it.
November 1, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Kadare haul
November 1, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Ecstatic Ekphrasis: Chris Via reviews Schattenfroh

youtu.be/2Wo5bkF5NkY
Schattenfroh by Michael Lentz - Translated by Max Lawton
YouTube video by Leaf by Leaf
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October 31, 2025 at 10:55 AM
October 28, 2025 at 12:24 PM
New Palol in the wild!
Encara és aviat però aviat més que encara. @mdepalol.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Word of the day: nomophobia
October 27, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Terminei
LOS SORIAS

Primeira vez que li ele foi em pdf no meu laptop, e eu sequer sabia espanhol como sei agora. O encantamento da loucura do Laiseca sobrepujou a precariedade da situação. Só agora que li ele em livro-livro, na edição da Barrett

Melhor experiência literária da minha vida
October 26, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Toyen (Marie Čermínová)
October 26, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Join us for a discussion of Michael Lentz's 1001 page novel Schattenfroh with translator Max Lawton and author Mauro Javier Cardenas

Date and time

Thursday, October 30 · 7 - 9pm PDT

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Schattenfroh: Max Lawton and Mauro Javier Cardenas at Womb House Books
Eventbrite - Womb House Books presents Schattenfroh: Max Lawton and Mauro Javier Cardenas at Womb House Books - Thursday, October 30, 2025 at Womb House Books, Oakland, CA. Find event and ticket infor...
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October 26, 2025 at 7:39 PM