It's a Catalan Literature in Translation Special!
I'm delighted to welcome Mara Faye Lethem and Tiago Miller to discuss two recently released books from Catalonia
Irene Solà's When I Sing, Mountains Dance has has been re-released in paperback translated by Mara for Granta
Josep Maria Argemí's The Angel of Santa Sofia has been newly released and translated by Tiago for Fum d'Estampa
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Rippling Points:
Good and Evil: how the boundaries between what's right and wrong are blurred and might reflect debates about Catalonian history
The Catalan Language: Literature and it's role in keeping a language thriving
Reference Points:
Irene Solà's first novel Els dics (The Dams, L'Altra Editorial, 2018)
Jaume Cristòfol Pons Alorda
Jorge Luis Borges
Víctor Català
Jordi Cussa
Josep Palau i Fabre
Maria Mercè Marçal
Mercè Rodoreda
Marià Vayreda
Artists
Caravaggio
Salvador Dali
Mara's Essay in Lithub: https://lithub.com/author/marafayelethem/
