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This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by award-winning translator Natasha Wimmer, who has translated some of the greatest works of literature of the past century, including Roberto Bolaño's The Savage Detectives and 2666. Her latest translation is Cowboy Graves by Roberto Bolaño, which is published by our friends at Penguin Press. Topics of discussion include translating methodology, The Savage Detectives and 2666, alien ant farms, solar eclipses, how a Roberto Bolaño novel is like a Harry Potter novel, and much more. Copies of Cowboy Graves can be ordered here with FREE SHIPPING.
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This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by award-winning translator Natasha Wimmer, who has translated some of the greatest works of literature of the past century, including Roberto Bolaño's The Savage Detectives and 2666. Her latest translation is Cowboy Graves by Roberto Bolaño, which is published by our friends at Penguin Press. Topics of discussion include translating methodology, The Savage Detectives and 2666, alien ant farms, solar eclipses, how a Roberto Bolaño novel is like a Harry Potter novel, and much more. Copies of Cowboy Graves can be ordered here with FREE SHIPPING.

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