Born Translated by Rebecca Walkowitz -- World Fiction in the 21st Century

"Erudite and meticulous. Rebecca L. Walkowitz gives us a theory of world literature based on works that are 'born translated' ..... Eye-opening and field-defining."  -- Wai Chee Dimock, Yale University NEW RELEASES MORE TITLES IN LITERARY STUDIES VIDEO: REBECCA WALKOWITZ DISCUSSES BORN TRANSLATED YOUNG-HAE CHANG HEAVY INDUSTRIES & THE FUTURE OF TRANSLATION Born Translated The Contemporary Novel in an Age of World Literature Rebecca Walkowitz As a growing number of contemporary novelists write for publication in multiple languages, the genre's form and aims are shifting.  Born Translated builds a much-needed framework for understanding translation's effect on fictional works, as well as digital art, avant-garde magazines, literary anthologies, and visual media. Artists and novelists discussed include J. M. Coetzee, Junot Díaz, Jonathan Safran Foer, Mohsin Hamid, Kazuo Ishiguro, Jamaica Kincaid, Ben Lerner, China Miéville, David Mitchell, Walter Mosley, Caryl Phillips, Adam Thirlwell, Amy Waldman, and Young-hae Chang Heavy Industries. The book understands that contemporary literature begins at once in many places, engaging in a new type of social embeddedness and political solidarity. It recasts literary history as a series of convergences and departures and, by elevating the status of "born-translated" works, redefines common conceptions of author, reader, and nation. Read More - Read an interview with Rebecca Walkowitz   - Read an excerpt from Born Translated   - Will the New Man Booker International Prize Challenge English's Dominance in World Literature?   $40.00 $28.00 | Cloth | 336 pages / £27.50*   USE COUPON CODE "WALBOR" AND SAVE 30%   *Customers in UK, Europe, and Middle East please contact customer@wiley.com   STAY CONNECTED

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