The Delighted States A Book of Novels, Romances, & Their Unknown Translators, Containing Ten Languages, Set on Four Continents, & Accompanied by Maps, Portraits, Squiggles, Illustrations, & a Variety of Helpful Indexes

by Thirlwell, Adam

• ISBN13: 9780312428297
• ISBN10: 0312428294
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-03-30
• Publisher: Picador

Summary

"The Delighted States" follows a carousel of literary influence that shows how translation and emigration lead to a new and true history of the novel. This book is a provocation, a box of tricks, a bedside travel book; it is also a work of startling intelligence and originality from a young writer.

Author Biography

ADAM THIRWELL’s first novel, Politics, was translated into thirty languages. In 2003, he appeared on Granta’s list of the Best British Novelists under forty.

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"A thoughtful, and frequently hilarious, study of the nature of literary translation.  It is also a work of art, a new form."--A. S. Byatt, Financial Times

 

"The Delighted States truly raises questions that are vital to novelists and their readers; it will be hard for anyone with an interest in the subject to keep from defiling the margins with notes."--The Wall Street Journal

 

"Thirlwell is a talented young literary Brit. . . . He has distilled the wisdom from what amounts to a lifetime of reading onto his pages. . . . His animated commentary belongs on a shelf all its own."--The Boston Globe

 

"A prodigy, and, as such, unstoppable . . . a treasure."--The New York Times