Damion Searls on Translating Victoria Kielland’s “My Men” – Chicago Review of Books

Damion Searls on Translating Victoria Kielland’s “My Men” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] The Translator’s Voice is a new monthly column from Ian J. Battaglia here at the Chicago Review of Books, dedicated to global literature and the translators who work tirelessly and too often thanklessly to bring these books to the English-reading audience. Subscribe to his newsletter to get notified of new editions as well as other notes on … Read more

Weddings, wolves, and “walla-walla” in “Best Men” – Chicago Review of Books

Weddings, wolves, and “walla-walla” in “Best Men” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] David Schuman’s prose chapbook Best Men simmers with questions about why people act the way they do at weddings. Over the course of five stories, Schuman introduces a diverse cast of unconventional “best men” who find themselves swept up in events beyond their control. At once surprising and suspenseful, Best Men upends popular notions … Read more