Stu (winstonsdad)
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World lit blogger have blogged for last 16 years at my blog https://winstonsdad.wordpress.com huge translated fiction fan available to review all fiction in translation I’ve reviewed 1500 books
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Moby Dick was published on this day in 1851, so today's bank note comes from Nantucket and features a large vignette of whalers in a longboat about to harpoon a spouting sperm whale. Also on the right, note the Hydrostatic Oil Press. Manufacturers and Mechanics Bank, Nantucket, MA, $3, Dec 5, 1843.🗃️
November 14, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Moby Dick was published on this day in 1851, so today's bank note comes from Nantucket and features a large vignette of whalers in a longboat about to harpoon a spouting sperm whale. Also on the right, note the Hydrostatic Oil Press. Manufacturers and Mechanics Bank, Nantucket, MA, $3, Dec 5, 1843.🗃️
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Shortlist
Warwick Prize for Women in Translation @womenintranslation.bsky.social
And The Walls Became the World All Around by #JohannaEkstrom tr. #SigridRausing
A series of handwritten notebooks detailing Ekstrom’s impressions, memories & dreams, as life's clock ticks ominously.
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Warwick Prize for Women in Translation @womenintranslation.bsky.social
And The Walls Became the World All Around by #JohannaEkstrom tr. #SigridRausing
A series of handwritten notebooks detailing Ekstrom’s impressions, memories & dreams, as life's clock ticks ominously.
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“A unique book” – And the Walls Became the World All Around by Johanna Ekstrom / Sigrid Rausing
“The closeness of the women’s relationship, that Rausing is able to pinpoint Ekstrom’s meaning when it isn’t even clear to her, is the most moving aspect of this book. Essentially a duet betw…
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November 13, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Shortlist
Warwick Prize for Women in Translation @womenintranslation.bsky.social
And The Walls Became the World All Around by #JohannaEkstrom tr. #SigridRausing
A series of handwritten notebooks detailing Ekstrom’s impressions, memories & dreams, as life's clock ticks ominously.
wp.me/prWQn-8yn
Warwick Prize for Women in Translation @womenintranslation.bsky.social
And The Walls Became the World All Around by #JohannaEkstrom tr. #SigridRausing
A series of handwritten notebooks detailing Ekstrom’s impressions, memories & dreams, as life's clock ticks ominously.
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winstonsdad.blog/2025/11/12/w... on blog this German book about the Ukraine war from Alexander Kluge #translationthurs
War Primer by Alexander Kluge - Winstonsdad's Blog
War Primer by Alexander Kluge German fiction Original title - Kreigsfibel Translator - Alexander Booth Source - Personal copy I am moving slowly this German lit month, and here is another gem of a boo...
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November 13, 2025 at 1:59 PM
winstonsdad.blog/2025/11/12/w... on blog this German book about the Ukraine war from Alexander Kluge #translationthurs
What have been you reads recently in translation #translatuonthurs ?
November 13, 2025 at 9:11 AM
What have been you reads recently in translation #translatuonthurs ?
On the blog this gem from Alexander Kluge written in his 90s winstonsdad.blog/2025/11/12/w...
War Primer by Alexander Kluge - Winstonsdad's Blog
War Primer by Alexander Kluge German fiction Original title - Kreigsfibel Translator - Alexander Booth Source - Personal copy I am moving slowly this German lit month, and here is another gem of a boo...
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November 12, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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#NovNov #GermanLitMonth @stujallen.bsky.social Readers need patience for a Bernhardian narrative, but fortunately mine lasted until (none the wiser about who dunnit, I got to the end.
Klausen (2002), by Andreas Maier, 2010 translation by Kenneth J Northcott anzlitlovers.com/2025/11/11/k...
Klausen (2002), by Andreas Maier, 2010 translation by Kenneth J Northcott anzlitlovers.com/2025/11/11/k...
Klausen (2002), by Andreas Maier, 2010 translation by Kenneth J Northcott
An act of violence seems to have occurred in Klausen — a small German town near the border with Italy — but nobody is exactly sure what happened. It might have been a bomb on the autobahn or in a …
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November 10, 2025 at 11:03 PM
#NovNov #GermanLitMonth @stujallen.bsky.social Readers need patience for a Bernhardian narrative, but fortunately mine lasted until (none the wiser about who dunnit, I got to the end.
Klausen (2002), by Andreas Maier, 2010 translation by Kenneth J Northcott anzlitlovers.com/2025/11/11/k...
Klausen (2002), by Andreas Maier, 2010 translation by Kenneth J Northcott anzlitlovers.com/2025/11/11/k...
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Just finished just started #translationthurs a Grass I hadn't been aware of that is unusual and Kluge on war is just going be amazing like all his books
November 6, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Just finished just started #translationthurs a Grass I hadn't been aware of that is unusual and Kluge on war is just going be amazing like all his books
What have you been reading from around the world this week #translationthurs
November 6, 2025 at 7:48 AM
What have you been reading from around the world this week #translationthurs
Arrival today is Italian old and new
October 30, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Arrival today is Italian old and new
My memories is of my grandparents reading aunt father reading books all the time
October 30, 2025 at 8:25 PM
My memories is of my grandparents reading aunt father reading books all the time
There is a distinct lack of straight male reading role models for young men these days and sad we have a generation avoiding reading
October 30, 2025 at 8:24 PM
There is a distinct lack of straight male reading role models for young men these days and sad we have a generation avoiding reading
Why Did the Novel-Reading Man Disappear? www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/s...
Why Did the Novel-Reading Man Disappear?
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October 30, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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Started this today a change of book I worry about the decline in reading
October 29, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Started this today a change of book I worry about the decline in reading
Little nervous as Amanda is having her stent done tomorrow fingers crossed is goes ok an early start for us
October 29, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Little nervous as Amanda is having her stent done tomorrow fingers crossed is goes ok an early start for us
winstonsdad.blog/2025/10/28/t... a look back at my ten favourite reads of @kaggsy59.bsky.social and @stuckinabook.bsky.social club years
Ten for ten years of the club years - Winstonsdad's Blog
I had wanted to post this yesterday, but last week was the tenth year of Karen's and Simon's club year. Last week, they picked their ten favourite reads over the last decade of club reads. Well, I am ...
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October 28, 2025 at 11:07 AM
winstonsdad.blog/2025/10/28/t... a look back at my ten favourite reads of @kaggsy59.bsky.social and @stuckinabook.bsky.social club years
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Not forgetting our four mystery titles from 1925! 😊✨
The Blue Diamond by Annie Haynes
Witness on the Roof by Annie Haynes
The Black Cabinet by Patricia Wentworth
The Dower House Mystery by Patricia Wentworth
#1925Club
The Blue Diamond by Annie Haynes
Witness on the Roof by Annie Haynes
The Black Cabinet by Patricia Wentworth
The Dower House Mystery by Patricia Wentworth
#1925Club
October 13, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Not forgetting our four mystery titles from 1925! 😊✨
The Blue Diamond by Annie Haynes
Witness on the Roof by Annie Haynes
The Black Cabinet by Patricia Wentworth
The Dower House Mystery by Patricia Wentworth
#1925Club
The Blue Diamond by Annie Haynes
Witness on the Roof by Annie Haynes
The Black Cabinet by Patricia Wentworth
The Dower House Mystery by Patricia Wentworth
#1925Club
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One week to go! @kaggsy59.bsky.social
October 13, 2025 at 12:58 PM
One week to go! @kaggsy59.bsky.social
U ever have the flat feeling a sort of inertia hits you I've been that recently the stress of Amanda's heart attack on me but also feeling stuck in general that's been me recently not sure what to do but sure at some point inspiration and desire will return
October 14, 2025 at 9:23 AM
U ever have the flat feeling a sort of inertia hits you I've been that recently the stress of Amanda's heart attack on me but also feeling stuck in general that's been me recently not sure what to do but sure at some point inspiration and desire will return
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From the archive for Katherine Mansfield, #BornOnThisDay in 1888, thoughts on THE GARDEN PARTY.
There's a beautiful fluidity of emotion in these stories as they move from happiness and gaiety to sadness and loneliness in the blink of an eye #BookSky 💙📚
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There's a beautiful fluidity of emotion in these stories as they move from happiness and gaiety to sadness and loneliness in the blink of an eye #BookSky 💙📚
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The Garden Party by Katherine Mansfield (1922)
What to say about this collection of fifteen of Mansfield’s short stories, other than to highlight its brilliance? I loved working my way through this short volume, reading one or two pieces on a d…
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October 14, 2025 at 8:50 AM
From the archive for Katherine Mansfield, #BornOnThisDay in 1888, thoughts on THE GARDEN PARTY.
There's a beautiful fluidity of emotion in these stories as they move from happiness and gaiety to sadness and loneliness in the blink of an eye #BookSky 💙📚
jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2020/10/23/t...
There's a beautiful fluidity of emotion in these stories as they move from happiness and gaiety to sadness and loneliness in the blink of an eye #BookSky 💙📚
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The latest @irishtimes.com fiction in translation column by Catherine Taylor is now online for subscribers 👇
Fiction in translation: The Midnight Timetable; The Woman Dies; The Ferryman & His Wife; My Name Is Stramer; Wolf Moon’ and The Loft
Books by Bora Chung (Korea), Japan (Aoko Matsuda), Frode Grytten (Norway), Mikołaj Łoziński (Poland), Julio Llamazares (Spain) and Marlen Haushofer (Austria)
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October 12, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The latest @irishtimes.com fiction in translation column by Catherine Taylor is now online for subscribers 👇
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Extremely pleased to have a story in Wigleaf.
new new: "Franchise," by Elise Blackwell: wigleaf.com
w i g l e a f : (very) short fiction
An online journal of very short fictions -- under 1000 words.
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October 12, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Extremely pleased to have a story in Wigleaf.
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It has been such a great honour to be one of Krasznahorkai's interpreters into English (since 2008), along with George Szirtes and John Batki. I also have to mention the visionary New Directions and my beyond stellar editor Declan Spring 🧡
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Laszlo Krasznahorkai Is Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature
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October 10, 2025 at 8:05 AM
It has been such a great honour to be one of Krasznahorkai's interpreters into English (since 2008), along with George Szirtes and John Batki. I also have to mention the visionary New Directions and my beyond stellar editor Declan Spring 🧡
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/b...
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9 Books to Add to Your #Halloween TBR @catapultbooks.bsky.social @counterpoint @softskull
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October 12, 2025 at 5:23 PM
9 Books to Add to Your #Halloween TBR @catapultbooks.bsky.social @counterpoint @softskull
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Weekend reading 1930s America and Victorian Portuguese novella
October 12, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Weekend reading 1930s America and Victorian Portuguese novella