Summer Staff Picks

A selection of what our editors have been reading and recommending this summer, featuring titles from New Directions, Fitzcarraldo, Open Letter, and more.

Transit NewsTransit BooksJuly 25, 2018International Literature, Translated Fiction, This Little Art, Kate Briggs, The Museum of Unconditional Surrender, Dubravka Ugrešić, Daša Drndić, Ivo Andrić, Vi Khi Nao, Kc2, Gramma, Jennifer Hayashida, A Machine Wrote This Song

Swallowing Mercury Longlisted for National Translation Award

Wioletta Greg’s Swallowing Mercury, translated from the Polish by Eliza Marciniak, is longlisted for the National Translation Award.

AwardsTransit BooksJuly 16, 2018Wioletta Greg, Eliza Marciniak, Swallowing Mercury, Polish Literature, National Translation Award, NTA 2018

Such Small Hands Wins Oxford-Weidenfeld Prize

Andrés Barba's Such Small Hands, translated from the Spanish by Lisa Dillman was named the winner of the 2018 Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize. Dillman's translation "pushes language to a near-breaking point."

Spanish Literature, Translated Fiction, AwardsTransit BooksJune 17, 2018Lisa Dillman, Such Small Hands, Andrés Barba, Oxford-Weidenfeld Prize, Translation

Makumbi Wins $165,000 Windham-Campbell Prize

"This prize for me is like having been working without pay for a long time and then someone comes a long and says, 'Will a salary for the past ten years do?' Then you're left speechless," Makumbi said.

AwardsTransit BooksFebruary 15, 2018Jennifer Makumbi, Windham Campbell Prize, African Literature, Kintu