Tuesday 21 April 2009

London Book Fair - Russian Writers

So much is happening at the London Book Fair that I could fill hundreds of blog entries. Two of our Russian authors, Dmitri Bykov and Alexander Terekhov, are around, and I had a very good chat with them yesterday and today. I was very pleased to read the following article on the BBC Russian website:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/russian/entertainment/2009/04/090421_russian_lit_fair.shtml

And it gave me a particular thrill to see my name transliterated into the Russian alphabet. I hope you can spot it too.

"Пока авторы давали интервью, толпа у стенда «Россики» все прибывала. Порой в ней попадались любители русской литературы как иностранной. Издатель Алессандро Галленци, например, говорил о предмете со страстью: «Русская словесность сыграла огромную роль в моей жизни! Среди моих любимых писателей немало русских». Его небольшое лондонское издательство, Alma Books, выпускает хорошие переводные книги. Предпочтение Алессандро отдает проверенной временем классике; среди современных русских романов на его счету «Крысобой» Александра Терехова, тоже приехавшего на ярмарку."

I'll report about the London Book Fair in the days to come. Now to the next party.

AG

2 comments:

  1. I had read previously that you will be publishing Dmitri Bykov's Live Souls in the autumn of 2009. Can you advise on the actual publication date and will it be titled Live Souls or Jewhad ?

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  2. Hi Bob,

    We have a working title of "Living Souls" at the moment, but Bykov says Jewhad would be better. I am having lunch with Dmitri tomorrow and will discuss this further.

    Best

    AG

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