Category Archives: The Great Untranslated

The Great Untranslated: Neuromaani by Jaakko Yli-Juonikas

Posted on January 27, 2021 by The Untranslated

The problems with Yli-Juonikas’ experimental 650-page novel Neuromaani start already with the title. According to translator Douglas Robinson, who mentions this book in an interview for The Collidescope, the ambiguous title can be translated as Neuronovel, Neuromaniac, or My Neurocountry. … Continue reading →

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The Great Untranslated: Ostatnia powieść (The Last Novel) by Teodor Parnicki

Posted on October 8, 2018 by The Untranslated

In world literature there is a special category: the Great Unfinished Novel. It comprises such early-20th century classics as Robert Musil’s The Man without Qualities, Jaroslav Hašek’s The Good Soldier Švejk, Franz Kafka’s The Castle, and, from more recent times:  Ralph Ellison’s Three Days Before the Shooting … Continue reading →

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The Great Untranslated: Jernalderdrøm (Iron Age Dream) by Steinar Løding

Posted on June 2, 2018 by The Untranslated

                 Jernalderdrøm (Iron Age Dream) is a giant literary project undertaken by Norwegian author Steinar Løding, about whose existence, most probably, you will learn only from this post. Do not be surprised. I myself discovered this writer … Continue reading →

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