Brian Robert Moore
@brianrobmoore.bsky.social
Literary translator from the Italian: Michele Mari (Verdigris and You, Bleeding Childhood), Lalla Romano (A Silence Shared and In Farthest Seas), Walter Siti (Paradise Overload)
Thanks, Kim! Yes, she is fascinating, and was very daring for the time too. Maybe I've shared this one with you before, but here's Lalla with Innocenzo and their friend Gigi, like in the first part of the book.
October 5, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Thanks, Kim! Yes, she is fascinating, and was very daring for the time too. Maybe I've shared this one with you before, but here's Lalla with Innocenzo and their friend Gigi, like in the first part of the book.
A beautiful review of Lalla Romano's In Farthest Seas from @ronanhession.bsky.social in today's Irish Times!
"It’s a sign of the quality of the writing[...] that even when reading analytically as a reviewer, I often found myself putting the book down still in a dream of its voice." @pushkinpress.com
"It’s a sign of the quality of the writing[...] that even when reading analytically as a reviewer, I often found myself putting the book down still in a dream of its voice." @pushkinpress.com
September 14, 2025 at 2:26 PM
A beautiful review of Lalla Romano's In Farthest Seas from @ronanhession.bsky.social in today's Irish Times!
"It’s a sign of the quality of the writing[...] that even when reading analytically as a reviewer, I often found myself putting the book down still in a dream of its voice." @pushkinpress.com
"It’s a sign of the quality of the writing[...] that even when reading analytically as a reviewer, I often found myself putting the book down still in a dream of its voice." @pushkinpress.com
Natalia Ginzburg called Lalla Romano's writing "beautiful, fecund, vivifying," and the reactions from writers today to In Farthest Seas have been just as exciting. Out now with @pushkinpress-us.bsky.social and coming out in two weeks in the UK & Ireland with @pushkinpress.com!
August 26, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Natalia Ginzburg called Lalla Romano's writing "beautiful, fecund, vivifying," and the reactions from writers today to In Farthest Seas have been just as exciting. Out now with @pushkinpress-us.bsky.social and coming out in two weeks in the UK & Ireland with @pushkinpress.com!
Out today in the US! 🌊
Translating this masterpiece on love & death was one of the great emotional journeys of my life. Lalla Romano feels so relevant to how we think about writing today, it leaves me speechless—can't wait for readers to take this voyage: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/783140...
Translating this masterpiece on love & death was one of the great emotional journeys of my life. Lalla Romano feels so relevant to how we think about writing today, it leaves me speechless—can't wait for readers to take this voyage: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/783140...
August 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Out today in the US! 🌊
Translating this masterpiece on love & death was one of the great emotional journeys of my life. Lalla Romano feels so relevant to how we think about writing today, it leaves me speechless—can't wait for readers to take this voyage: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/783140...
Translating this masterpiece on love & death was one of the great emotional journeys of my life. Lalla Romano feels so relevant to how we think about writing today, it leaves me speechless—can't wait for readers to take this voyage: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/783140...
Now just two weeks away (and Lalla Romano's In Farthest Seas will be out in the US in just a few days)! I'm told this event with Jhumpa might be on the crowded side, so rsvp and come early if you can: www.eventbrite.com/e/in-farthes... @pushkinpress.com @pushkinpress-us.bsky.social
August 21, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Now just two weeks away (and Lalla Romano's In Farthest Seas will be out in the US in just a few days)! I'm told this event with Jhumpa might be on the crowded side, so rsvp and come early if you can: www.eventbrite.com/e/in-farthes... @pushkinpress.com @pushkinpress-us.bsky.social
A little Sunday reading from Lalla Romano. The Sick Child, published in @mcsweeneys.net 😨
July 6, 2025 at 2:04 PM
A little Sunday reading from Lalla Romano. The Sick Child, published in @mcsweeneys.net 😨
Thanks to @memoirland.bsky.social for highlighting Walter Siti's "My Poor Parents", pub'ed in @grantamag.bsky.social, in this week's Memoir Monday roundup! 🫶
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June 20, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Thanks to @memoirland.bsky.social for highlighting Walter Siti's "My Poor Parents", pub'ed in @grantamag.bsky.social, in this week's Memoir Monday roundup! 🫶
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The judges' incredibly generous citation, and the full list of winners here: pen.org/announcing-t... @penamerica.bsky.social
May 9, 2025 at 3:42 PM
The judges' incredibly generous citation, and the full list of winners here: pen.org/announcing-t... @penamerica.bsky.social
A sea of Lallas 🌊🌊
Working on this was not like translating a book, but like translating a whole human heart.
In Farthest Seas is out Aug 26 in the US & Sept 11 in the UK. Fans include Jhumpa Lahiri, Ayşegül Savaş, Catherine Lacey and Natalia Ginzburg! @pushkinpress.com @pushkinpress-us.bsky.social
Working on this was not like translating a book, but like translating a whole human heart.
In Farthest Seas is out Aug 26 in the US & Sept 11 in the UK. Fans include Jhumpa Lahiri, Ayşegül Savaş, Catherine Lacey and Natalia Ginzburg! @pushkinpress.com @pushkinpress-us.bsky.social
April 18, 2025 at 12:03 PM
A sea of Lallas 🌊🌊
Working on this was not like translating a book, but like translating a whole human heart.
In Farthest Seas is out Aug 26 in the US & Sept 11 in the UK. Fans include Jhumpa Lahiri, Ayşegül Savaş, Catherine Lacey and Natalia Ginzburg! @pushkinpress.com @pushkinpress-us.bsky.social
Working on this was not like translating a book, but like translating a whole human heart.
In Farthest Seas is out Aug 26 in the US & Sept 11 in the UK. Fans include Jhumpa Lahiri, Ayşegül Savaş, Catherine Lacey and Natalia Ginzburg! @pushkinpress.com @pushkinpress-us.bsky.social
Thank you, Declan! Very kind of you to say. As of this week it's also on the shortlist.
April 12, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Thank you, Declan! Very kind of you to say. As of this week it's also on the shortlist.
Verdigris by Michele Mari has been longlisted for the 2025 PEN Translation Prize 🐌
The full list of nominees here: pen.org/announcing-t...
The full list of nominees here: pen.org/announcing-t...
March 21, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Verdigris by Michele Mari has been longlisted for the 2025 PEN Translation Prize 🐌
The full list of nominees here: pen.org/announcing-t...
The full list of nominees here: pen.org/announcing-t...
Here it is. This one is going to be the big test to see if people ultimately have good taste or not: If Lalla's genius doesn't get appreciated for what it is, I might just drop this whole literary translation thing and set out to sea for good. 🌊🌊
February 6, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Here it is. This one is going to be the big test to see if people ultimately have good taste or not: If Lalla's genius doesn't get appreciated for what it is, I might just drop this whole literary translation thing and set out to sea for good. 🌊🌊
In Farthest Seas in @thoughtofthething.bsky.social's list of books to look out for this year! 🌊
January 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
In Farthest Seas in @thoughtofthething.bsky.social's list of books to look out for this year! 🌊
Ayşegül Savaş has now called Lalla Romano's In Farthest Seas "one of the most beautiful books I have ever read" 🎉
Her full quote: "Romano's miraculous work opens layer by layer, always guarding its innermost mystery. This is one of the most beautiful books I have ever read." Coming later this year!
Her full quote: "Romano's miraculous work opens layer by layer, always guarding its innermost mystery. This is one of the most beautiful books I have ever read." Coming later this year!
January 6, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Ayşegül Savaş has now called Lalla Romano's In Farthest Seas "one of the most beautiful books I have ever read" 🎉
Her full quote: "Romano's miraculous work opens layer by layer, always guarding its innermost mystery. This is one of the most beautiful books I have ever read." Coming later this year!
Her full quote: "Romano's miraculous work opens layer by layer, always guarding its innermost mystery. This is one of the most beautiful books I have ever read." Coming later this year!
A little year-end surprise for me: Ayşegül Savaş—whose beautiful novel The Anthropologists has been on so many 2024 books lists—has called Lalla Romano’s forthcoming IN FARTHEST SEAS “one of the most mindblowing literary experiences of the year”!
Do find room in your 2025 for this one 💝
Do find room in your 2025 for this one 💝
December 31, 2024 at 4:41 PM
A little year-end surprise for me: Ayşegül Savaş—whose beautiful novel The Anthropologists has been on so many 2024 books lists—has called Lalla Romano’s forthcoming IN FARTHEST SEAS “one of the most mindblowing literary experiences of the year”!
Do find room in your 2025 for this one 💝
Do find room in your 2025 for this one 💝
We have a cover! Lalla Romano's masterpiece IN FARTHEST SEAS
Called "an extraordinarily powerful book" by Jhumpa Lahiri & "a miracle" by Marina Jarre, I simply don't think people will see love, death or Italian lit the same way after this one. Now in time for your 2025 lists 🌊
@pushkinpress.com
Called "an extraordinarily powerful book" by Jhumpa Lahiri & "a miracle" by Marina Jarre, I simply don't think people will see love, death or Italian lit the same way after this one. Now in time for your 2025 lists 🌊
@pushkinpress.com
December 11, 2024 at 4:19 PM
We have a cover! Lalla Romano's masterpiece IN FARTHEST SEAS
Called "an extraordinarily powerful book" by Jhumpa Lahiri & "a miracle" by Marina Jarre, I simply don't think people will see love, death or Italian lit the same way after this one. Now in time for your 2025 lists 🌊
@pushkinpress.com
Called "an extraordinarily powerful book" by Jhumpa Lahiri & "a miracle" by Marina Jarre, I simply don't think people will see love, death or Italian lit the same way after this one. Now in time for your 2025 lists 🌊
@pushkinpress.com
Zachary Issenberg includes Michele Mari's Verdigris in his Year in Reading for The Millions. From slugs to whales! 🐳 @andotherstories.bsky.social
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December 6, 2024 at 5:08 PM
Zachary Issenberg includes Michele Mari's Verdigris in his Year in Reading for The Millions. From slugs to whales! 🐳 @andotherstories.bsky.social
themillions.com/2024/12/year...
themillions.com/2024/12/year...
Viva Lalla Romano!
Really pleased that my translation of Lalla's beautiful novel A SILENCE SHARED has been shortlisted for the John Florio Prize, and alongside @jennymcphee.bsky.social & @fromtheitalian.bsky.social no less! 💙
Many thanks to @societyofauthors.bsky.social and to the judges.
Really pleased that my translation of Lalla's beautiful novel A SILENCE SHARED has been shortlisted for the John Florio Prize, and alongside @jennymcphee.bsky.social & @fromtheitalian.bsky.social no less! 💙
Many thanks to @societyofauthors.bsky.social and to the judges.
December 2, 2024 at 4:21 PM
Viva Lalla Romano!
Really pleased that my translation of Lalla's beautiful novel A SILENCE SHARED has been shortlisted for the John Florio Prize, and alongside @jennymcphee.bsky.social & @fromtheitalian.bsky.social no less! 💙
Many thanks to @societyofauthors.bsky.social and to the judges.
Really pleased that my translation of Lalla's beautiful novel A SILENCE SHARED has been shortlisted for the John Florio Prize, and alongside @jennymcphee.bsky.social & @fromtheitalian.bsky.social no less! 💙
Many thanks to @societyofauthors.bsky.social and to the judges.
Michele Mari, "Eight Writers"
December 1, 2024 at 2:23 AM
Michele Mari, "Eight Writers"
In my echo chamber
November 19, 2024 at 7:02 PM
In my echo chamber
Italian publishers have once again proved to be trendsetters
November 18, 2024 at 6:23 PM
Italian publishers have once again proved to be trendsetters
Would you believe she wrote one of the great novels on love and death? (Yes, you would.) Happy bday to Lalla Romano 🖤
November 11, 2024 at 8:06 PM
Would you believe she wrote one of the great novels on love and death? (Yes, you would.) Happy bday to Lalla Romano 🖤
In this weekend's WSJ, @ssacks.bsky.social reviews Michele Mari's Verdigris, and I'm truly honored he thought so highly of the novel and of my translation!
"superbly translated... Verdigris is a delightful game, up until the moment it turns deadly serious." ☠️
"superbly translated... Verdigris is a delightful game, up until the moment it turns deadly serious." ☠️
January 13, 2024 at 7:07 PM
In this weekend's WSJ, @ssacks.bsky.social reviews Michele Mari's Verdigris, and I'm truly honored he thought so highly of the novel and of my translation!
"superbly translated... Verdigris is a delightful game, up until the moment it turns deadly serious." ☠️
"superbly translated... Verdigris is a delightful game, up until the moment it turns deadly serious." ☠️
Very pleased to share this stimulating review of Michele Mari's VERDIGRIS by @anna-aslanyan.bsky.social in the Financial Times! Currently unpaywalled: ft.com/content/f9bb...
My translation of "the Italian master," meanwhile, is called "lively and inventive," which I appreciate!
My translation of "the Italian master," meanwhile, is called "lively and inventive," which I appreciate!
January 5, 2024 at 7:59 PM
Very pleased to share this stimulating review of Michele Mari's VERDIGRIS by @anna-aslanyan.bsky.social in the Financial Times! Currently unpaywalled: ft.com/content/f9bb...
My translation of "the Italian master," meanwhile, is called "lively and inventive," which I appreciate!
My translation of "the Italian master," meanwhile, is called "lively and inventive," which I appreciate!
Lots of horror and fantasy in Michele Mari's VERDIGRIS, which is coming out in my translation from And Other Stories in January! Here's an early review if you're interested: www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
(Mari has also written extensively on sci-fi, in his collection You, Bleeding Childhood)
(Mari has also written extensively on sci-fi, in his collection You, Bleeding Childhood)
December 6, 2023 at 1:28 AM
Lots of horror and fantasy in Michele Mari's VERDIGRIS, which is coming out in my translation from And Other Stories in January! Here's an early review if you're interested: www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
(Mari has also written extensively on sci-fi, in his collection You, Bleeding Childhood)
(Mari has also written extensively on sci-fi, in his collection You, Bleeding Childhood)