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Kick off your new year by joining us at Community Bookstore this Friday for a celebration of C.F. Ramuz, whose GREAT FEA...
13/01/2025

Kick off your new year by joining us at Community Bookstore this Friday for a celebration of C.F. Ramuz, whose GREAT FEAR ON THE MOUNTAIN we published this past summer. Bill Johnston will join fellow Archipelago translator Tess Lewis for a conversation around his translation of this haunting Swiss masterpiece. This event will begin at 7pm (wine and nibbles will be present).

What a treat to see beautiful reviews of Rocío Araya’s HEAD IN THE CLOUDS and Claude Ponti’s MEESELPHE in the New York T...
06/01/2025

What a treat to see beautiful reviews of Rocío Araya’s HEAD IN THE CLOUDS and Claude Ponti’s MEESELPHE in the New York Times! Leonard Marcus praises Araya’s “preference for coloring outside the lines, for painting in bold, broad, thickly applied brushstrokes and for combining paint with a well-choreographed jumble of collaged, sketched and hand-lettered elements” which allow Araya to remain “fearlessly open to life’s accidents and surprises.” And in Ben Hatke’s spirited review of MEESELPHE, he urges us to take Ponti’s world to a quiet corner and devour (again and again) its “psychedelic realm of optical illusions.”

In the spirit of the season, you can now enjoy 40% off our titles with the coupon HOLIDAY40 (thru 12/14). Our tiny team ...
09/12/2024

In the spirit of the season, you can now enjoy 40% off our titles with the coupon HOLIDAY40 (thru 12/14). Our tiny team will work tirelessly to bundle your orders up before the end of the month! Happy reading and happy holidays, from all of us at the Archipelago office 💌

It’s a tremendous honor to see Eliana Hernández-Pachón‘s narrative poem, THE BRUSH, named a top ten book of the year by ...
05/12/2024

It’s a tremendous honor to see Eliana Hernández-Pachón‘s narrative poem, THE BRUSH, named a top ten book of the year by ! The staff of The Atlantic praised Robin Myers “limpid translation” which “captures a community ruptured by violence, exemplified by two lovers caught in its churn.” Congratulations to , , and the other remarkable writers on this list.

TOMORROW NIGHT: In conjunction with , Paul Eprile and Jody Gladding (two brilliant Giono translators) will discuss Epril...
02/12/2024

TOMORROW NIGHT: In conjunction with , Paul Eprile and Jody Gladding (two brilliant Giono translators) will discuss Eprile’s translation of Giono’s FRAGMENTS OF A PARADISE. This will be a virtual event (5 PM PST / 8 PM EST)—register using the link below.

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TOMORROW NIGHT: In conjunction with , Paul Eprile and Jody Gladding (two brilliant Giono translators) will discuss Epril...
02/12/2024

TOMORROW NIGHT: In conjunction with , Paul Eprile and Jody Gladding (two brilliant Giono translators) will discuss Eprile’s translation of FRAGMENTS OF A PARADISE. This will be a virtual event (5 PM PST / 8 PM EST) — register using the link below.

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We’re delighted to see Maylis de Kerangal’s new story collection, CANOES, in The New Yorker! Translated by Jessica Moore...
14/11/2024

We’re delighted to see Maylis de Kerangal’s new story collection, CANOES, in The New Yorker! Translated by Jessica Moore, CANOES shows a “deep sensitivity to language” as it pulls readers through the textures and tones of the human voice. Purchase your copy (+ de Kerangal’s EASTBOUND) on our site 💌

Today we publish Elias Khoury’s STAR OF THE SEA, translated from Arabic by Humphrey Davies. “Absurd and original” says Z...
12/11/2024

Today we publish Elias Khoury’s STAR OF THE SEA, translated from Arabic by Humphrey Davies. “Absurd and original” says Zain Khalid, “STAR OF THE SEA is more proof that to read Elias Khoury is to conjure alongside a genius.” With surging prose, STAR OF THE SEA investigates the fixidness of identity as it traces Adam Dannoun’s life, from his war-torn beginnings in Israel’s Lydia ghetto to his exile in New York. Adam faces the silence (and silencing) of his people firsthand—as readers we bear witness to a life fractured by this divide.

We’re delighted to see Maylis de Kerangal’s new story collection, CANOES, in The New Yorker this week! In Jessica Moore’...
08/11/2024

We’re delighted to see Maylis de Kerangal’s new story collection, CANOES, in The New Yorker this week! In Jessica Moore’s translation, CANOES shows a “deep sensitivity to language” as it pulls readers through the textures and tones of the human voice.

We’re delighted to see Maylis de Kerangal’s new story collection, CANOES, in The New Yorker this week! In Jessica Moore’...
08/11/2024

We’re delighted to see Maylis de Kerangal’s new story collection, CANOES, in The New Yorker this week! In Jessica Moore’s sensitive translation, CANOES shows a “deep sensitivity to language” as it pulls readers through the textures and tones of the human voice.

A beautiful review by V.V. Ganeshananthan of Scholastique Mukasonga’s SISTER DEBORAH (translated by Mark Polizzotti) app...
04/11/2024

A beautiful review by V.V. Ganeshananthan of Scholastique Mukasonga’s SISTER DEBORAH (translated by Mark Polizzotti) appeared in the New York Times last week.

“This remarkable, recursive book about the power of belief—like it’s heroines—finds new form again and again.”

Swipe for a lovely portrait of Scholastique Mukasonga by artist Leyla Sehar.

We are delighted to announce that Jennifer Shyue’s translation of Augusto Higa Oshiro’s THE ENLIGHTENMENT OF KATZUO NAKA...
28/10/2024

We are delighted to announce that Jennifer Shyue’s translation of Augusto Higa Oshiro’s THE ENLIGHTENMENT OF KATZUO NAKAMATSU is the winner of the 2024 ALTA First Translation Prize! This prize, administered by the American Literary Translators Association, in its inaugural year, recognizes the work of emerging literary translators and their editors. As the prize committee writes, “Shyue’s translation lulls us with its measured calm, then leaves us gasping, swept headlong, spiraling and swirling, into Nakamatsu’s descent towards enlightenment, through ‘the many masks and countless layered veils [that] were hiding the intricate wounds in his consciousness.’” We’re thrilled that Jennifer’s beautiful translation was chosen from the six exceptional titles shortlisted this year!

Today we publish Roger Mello’s GRISO, THE ONE AND ONLY, translated from Portuguese by Daniel Hahn! In this masterful new...
08/10/2024

Today we publish Roger Mello’s GRISO, THE ONE AND ONLY, translated from Portuguese by Daniel Hahn! In this masterful new picture book, Mello weaves a tapestry of time, color, and artistic epochs as he renders Griso the unicorn’s courageous search for a friend. In a starred review by School Library Journal, GRISO, THE ONE AND ONLY is called “an artistic masterpiece introducing readers to centuries of artistic movements, while reinforcing the strengths and merits of being one’s authentic self.” Purchase a copy for your unicorn-loving little ones on our Elsewhere site 🩵

Roger and Doug Salati will be in conversation on October 15 in NYC. Check out the link on our bio for more details!

Happy news today! Scholastique Mukasonga’s forthcoming SISTER DEBORAH, translated by Mark Polizzotti, is a finalist for ...
30/09/2024

Happy news today! Scholastique Mukasonga’s forthcoming SISTER DEBORAH, translated by Mark Polizzotti, is a finalist for the , an honor confirmed by five indie booksellers across the country. It’s a delight to see Mukasonga’s work selected and in such astounding company.

SISTER DEBORAH is out on October 29th—pre-order your copy on our site!

The wait is over! Keen readers have offered to pay us more than the list price or dispatch minions to our nonprofit offi...
27/09/2024

The wait is over! Keen readers have offered to pay us more than the list price or dispatch minions to our nonprofit office to fetch a copy. Some have even attempted placing orders on several different continents. With our apologies for the delay, we’re happy to announce that our reprint of Mircea Cărtărescu’s BLINDING in Sean Cotter’s translation has landed at last! Copies will hit bookstore shelves soon. In the meantime, we’re busy shipping out your backorders. New to Cărtărescu? Grab a copy here: archipelagobooks.org/book/blinding-book-one/

Today we publish Rocío Araya’s debut picture book, HEAD IN THE CLOUDS, translated from Spanish by Sarah Moses. Sofia is ...
24/09/2024

Today we publish Rocío Araya’s debut picture book, HEAD IN THE CLOUDS, translated from Spanish by Sarah Moses. Sofia is big-eyed and playful in her quest to discover the world’s innermost secrets. Buoyant in her red shirt and tumbling ponytail, she reads, draws, and stargazes on collages of paint, graph paper, newspaper, and maps. Questions flit through her head — Can I be good and happy at the same time? Can you measure a cloud? — and the birds Rocío etches around her are quiet witnesses for each inquiry. HEAD IN THE CLOUDS shows us what happens when we put our heads in the clouds and stay there — wondering, witnessing, dreaming.

Order your copy on our Elsewhere site 🪶

In Issue 20 of you can read a story from Maylis de Kerangal’s forthcoming collection, CANOES, translated by Jessica Moo...
19/09/2024

In Issue 20 of you can read a story from Maylis de Kerangal’s forthcoming collection, CANOES, translated by Jessica Moore!

Out on October 29th, de Kerangal’s stories opens up a torrent of curiosities about place and language. The women of her stories are mad about: stones, molds of human jaws, voicemail recordings, sonic waves, UFOs, and always how the texture of human voice entwines with their obsessions.

Pre-order your copy on our site!

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