Andrei
@theuntranslated.bsky.social
Founder of The Untranslated, a blog about significant literary works not yet translated into English
https://theuntranslated.wordpress.com/
https://theuntranslated.wordpress.com/
Vasily Kandinsky's Saint Georges
November 15, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Vasily Kandinsky's Saint Georges
5-star review of Theodoros by Remo Verdickt in De Standaard
November 14, 2025 at 11:38 AM
5-star review of Theodoros by Remo Verdickt in De Standaard
Brazilian book haul
November 12, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Brazilian book haul
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.
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
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.
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.
What is Schattenfroh about? I think Chris has more or less nailed it.
November 1, 2025 at 8:33 PM
What is Schattenfroh about? I think Chris has more or less nailed it.
October 28, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Word of the day: nomophobia
October 27, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Word of the day: nomophobia
Toyen (Marie Čermínová)
October 26, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Toyen (Marie Čermínová)
Saturday movie. As if Bruegel and Rembrandt had teamed up to make a film.
October 25, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Saturday movie. As if Bruegel and Rembrandt had teamed up to make a film.
In the post: one-volume Heaney
October 25, 2025 at 10:12 AM
In the post: one-volume Heaney
Great documentary about Umberto Eco showing some of the old books he used when writing The Island of the Day Before.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=hN8c...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=hN8c...
October 19, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Great documentary about Umberto Eco showing some of the old books he used when writing The Island of the Day Before.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=hN8c...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=hN8c...
The Archipelago Trilogy in all its translated glory
October 18, 2025 at 11:37 AM
The Archipelago Trilogy in all its translated glory
My favourite wimmelbook
October 11, 2025 at 9:02 PM
My favourite wimmelbook
“Everywhere across this surface, stories are being told. It teems with stories, like a wimmelbild [teeming picture]. […] Schattenfroh is a wimmelbuch, a book teeming with images.”
This tradition is alive, both in painting and writing.
theuntranslated.wordpress.com/2025/10/11/i...
This tradition is alive, both in painting and writing.
theuntranslated.wordpress.com/2025/10/11/i...
October 11, 2025 at 8:09 PM
“Everywhere across this surface, stories are being told. It teems with stories, like a wimmelbild [teeming picture]. […] Schattenfroh is a wimmelbuch, a book teeming with images.”
This tradition is alive, both in painting and writing.
theuntranslated.wordpress.com/2025/10/11/i...
This tradition is alive, both in painting and writing.
theuntranslated.wordpress.com/2025/10/11/i...
O frabjous day! A hard cover finally joins my e-copy, so I can switch to the analogue experience.
October 11, 2025 at 9:50 AM
O frabjous day! A hard cover finally joins my e-copy, so I can switch to the analogue experience.
Although I already have 4 editions of Dante’s Commedia, 2 Italian and 2 translations, I couldn’t say “no”.
October 9, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Although I already have 4 editions of Dante’s Commedia, 2 Italian and 2 translations, I couldn’t say “no”.
My candidate for this year's Nobel Prize in literature
October 1, 2025 at 3:18 PM
My candidate for this year's Nobel Prize in literature
Have almost forgotten that today is the International Translation Day. Long live the translator!
September 30, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Have almost forgotten that today is the International Translation Day. Long live the translator!