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Multiples : an Anthology of Stories in an Assortment of Languages and Literary Styles by Adam Thirlwell & al. is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Multiples : an Anthology of Stories in an Assortment of Languages and Literary Styles about?
Like Chinese whispers, the rules of this literary game are simple: the first writer translates an unknown story into English, which a second writer then translates into a different language, and a third translates back into English, and so on, down the line. As the stories are told and retold, out of English and in again, they are transformed, twisted and turned into something new. Featuring an all-star international line-up of writers from Zadie Smith to Alejandro Zambra, via Jeffrey Eugenides, Laurent Binet, Javier Maras, David Mitchell, Colm Tibn, Etgar Keret and Sheila Heti, this collection is pure literary entertainment. Playful, provocative and wilfully inventive, Multiples asks fascinating questions about the relationship between a translation and a version, about the art of storytelling, and about the way that our individual linguistic choices reflect our shared cultural prejudices. Here, we see not so much what is lost in translation, but what is found.
Who reads Multiples : an Anthology of Stories in an Assortment of Languages and Literary Styles?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Adam Thirlwell & al.
- Publisher
- Granta Publications
- Published
- 2013
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781846275395
- Category
- work of fiction