In France in the 1830s many of the features of the commercial publishing world we know today were coming into being: celebrity authors, runaway bestsellers, commercially minded publishers, copycat trends,… Read More
Category: France
David Bellos: what makes a translation good?
In this interview, part of the Conversations with Translators series, I talk to David Bellos of Princeton University about his book on translation, Is That a Fish in Your Ear?,… Read More