Catalan Literature in Translation Special!

It's a Catalan Literature in Translation Special!



I'm delighted to welcome Mara Faye Lethem and Tiago Miller to discuss two recently released books from Catalonia



Irene Solà's When I Sing, Mountains Dance has has been re-released in paperback translated by Mara for Granta



Josep Maria Argemí's The Angel of Santa Sofia has been newly released and translated by Tiago for Fum d'Estampa





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Rippling Points:



Good and Evil: how the boundaries between what's right and wrong are blurred and might reflect debates about Catalonian history



The Catalan Language: Literature and it's role in keeping a language thriving



Reference Points:



Irene Solà's first novel Els dics (The Dams, L'Altra Editorial, 2018)



Jaume Cristòfol Pons Alorda

Jorge Luis Borges

Víctor Català

Jordi Cussa

Josep Palau i Fabre

Maria Mercè Marçal

Mercè Rodoreda

Marià Vayreda



Artists

Caravaggio

Salvador Dali



Mara's Essay in Lithub: https://lithub.com/author/marafayelethem/