Synopses & Reviews
This fourteenth annual anthology of the best of world writing features a diverse selection of new and celebrated authors, presented in their original languages and in fresh English translations. It offers work from every literary genre and every corner of the world, placed in context by the translators themselves.
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"What amazing work . . . so many voices we all need to know."--Naomi Shihab Nye
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Two Lines suggests that languages can be made to run parallel to each other instead of existing in separate linguistic worlds.--Billy Collins
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Daringly innovative.--John P. Kirby
Synopsis
Two Lines publishes the best of world writing in an annual anthology. Every edition of Two Lines features a diverse selection of new writers side-by-side with celebrated authors, presented in their original languages and in fresh English translations. This new volume includes writing from five continents. Two Lines is the only annual of international writing that offers work from every literary genre and every corner of the world, placed in context by the translators themselves. Each piece features commentary by the translator on the unique challenges involved in creating an English version of the work. Published since 1994, Two Lines is essential reading for anyone interested in keeping up-to-date on what writers are saying and thinking around the globe.
About the Author
Zack Rogow has won the PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Award. He teaches literature and writing at the California College of the Arts.