Translation as Transhumance

Mireille Gansel grew up in the traumatic aftermath of her family losing everything--including their native languages--to Nazi Germany. In the 1960s and 70s, she translated poets from East Berlin and Vietnam to help broadcast their defiance to the rest of the world. Winner of a French Voices Award, Gansel's debut illustrates the estrangement every translator experiences for the privilege of moving between tongues and muses on how translation becomes an exercise of empathy between those in exile.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Feminist Press
Published: 11/14/2017
ISBN: 9781558614444
Pages: 150
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 6.90h x 4.90w x 0.50d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 09/15/2017
Library Journal 12/01/2017 pg. 101
Shelf Awareness 01/05/2018