Subversive Scribe: Translating Latin American Fiction (Dalkey Archive Scholarly) - Softcover

Levine, Suzanne Jill

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1564785637 ISBN 13: 9781564785633

Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press, 2009

Synopsis

To most of us, "subversion" means political subversion, but The Subversive Scribe is about collaboration not with an enemy, but with texts and between writers. Though Suzanne Jill Levine is the translator of some of the most inventive Latin American authors of the twentieth century-including Julio Cortázar, G. Cabrera Infante, Manuel Puig, and Severo Sarduy-each of whom were revolutionaries not only on the page, but in confronting the sexual and cultural taboos of their respective countries, she considers the act of translation itself to be a form of subversion. Rather than regret translation's shortcomings, Levine stresses how translation is itself a creative act, unearthing a version lying dormant beneath an original text, and animating it, like some mad scientist, in order to create a text illuminated and motivated by the original. InThe Subversive Scribe, one of our most versatile and creative translators gives us an intimate and entertaining overview of the tricky relationships lying behind the art of literary translation.

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About the Author

Having translated Manuel Puig, Julio Cortazar, Adolfo Bioy Casares, Guillermo Cabrera Infante, and other notable authors, Suzanne Jill Levine is one of the most highly regarded translators of contemporary Latin American literature. She is a professor of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of California at Santa Barbara, and the author of The Subversive Scribe: Translating Latin American Fiction.

Edition details

• Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1564785637
• ISBN 13: 9781564785633
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 196