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Notes from the hall of uselessness / Simon Leys.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection Z239.C45 A1 no.9
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Leys, Simon, 1935-2014.
- Series:
- Cahiers series ; no. 9.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Leys, Simon, 1935-2014.
- Leys, Simon.
- Translating and interpreting.
- Small press books.
- Physical Description:
- 41 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- [Paris] : Center for Writers & Translators, The Arts Area ; Lewes [England] : Sylph Editions, 2008.
- Summary:
- "Simon Leys, novelist, unflinching cultural and political commentator, Sinologist, and occasional illustrator, presents here timely meditations on the experience and hazards of literary translation. Preceding his essay are observations on everything from demented tyrants to musical geniuses who gain insights from vacuum cleaners. Written with wit and concision, this cahier offers English-language readers a chance to get to know a writer who is renowned for his wisdom and insight as much as he is for his linguistic and literary expertise." http://www.sylpheditions.com/pierre.html.
- Notes:
- Published in association with the Center for Writers & Translators at the American University of Paris.
- ISBN:
- 0955889634
- 9780955889639
- OCLC:
- 319130072
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