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Best European Fiction 2010
Released: 12/01/2010
Dalkey Archive Press
Aleksandar Hemon edits this inaugural anthology of European fiction, with a foreword by Zadie Smith. Seeking to champion the continent’s best writers of contemporary fiction, it brings together the likes of Alasdair Gray, Viktor Pelevin and Julián Río - commendable attempt to address the translation imbalance.
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Guardian“A sort of international show-and-tell of the soul...” Doing justice, in a review, to an anthology of 35 stories by 35 different authors writing in 30-odd languages is obviously impossible. This is a precious opportunity to understand more deeply the obsessions, hopes and fears of each nation...
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Financial Times“A slight bureaucratic stiffness...” It takes a while for a venture like this to pick up momentum. I wish it God speed but I hope future years will see a slimmer volume, with less deference to territories and more to talent, and thus fewer but stronger contributors...
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Publishers Weekly“Still, there is much excellent work...” While the maiden outing has many fine moments, there's room for improvement in upcoming years. The mix of authors—35 writers from 30 countries—is excellent and includes better knowns with unknowns...
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