Russell Mardell, author of Silent Bombs Falling On Green Grass, offers a personal introduction to the Italian writer I have to thank the writer Stephen Volk for introducing me to the wonderful short stories of Dino Buzzati. Such was the eagerness with which I took to them I found myself questioning why I had never […]
Contemporary Russian Authors
Russian fiction is on the rise. Spike profiles some of the key authors in translation At the London Book Fair 2011, the Market Focus will be on contemporary writing from Russia. Fifty writers and 60 publishers will present new books, representative of an explosion of literary activity during the past 20 years. Poets such as […]
Twisted Spoon Press
An interview with Prague’s publisher of essential Eastern and Central European writing Prague’s Twisted Spoon Press produce some of the most beautiful books currently in print. Founded in 1992, by Howard Sidenberg, Kevin Blahut and Lukas Tomin, the publishing house has translated a string of classic and contemporary Central and Eastern European titles. Beginning with […]
Vija Celmins: Desert, Sea, and Stars
Museum Ludwig in Cologne presents a retrospective of the artist’s remarkable work Vija Celmins, Untitled (Web 4), 2002 Drypoint and photogravure on paper, 51.1x61cm © 2002 Vija Celmins and Gemini G.E.L. LLC Courtesy McKee Gallery Webs are an appropriate subject for Vija Celmins’ images. Reworked from photographs and built with painstaking precision, sometimes over years, […]
