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Book Launch: The Bankruptcy and World Literature in Translation
26 October 2023, 11:00 am–1:00 pm
The new award-winning translation of The Bankruptcy by Júlia Lopes de Almeida makes this novel available to Anglophone readers for the very first time.
This event is free.
Event Information
Open to
- All
Availability
- Yes
Cost
- Free
Organiser
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Ana Claudia Suriani da Silva
To celebrate its publication, this symposium will gather the translators and editor of the novel together with scholars in translation and literary studies to discuss the state of world literature today and the role played by translation in Brazil, Japan and beyond.
The novel introduces readers to a turbulent period in Brazilian history seething with new ideas about democracy, women’s emancipation, and the role of religion in society. Originally published in 1901, its prescient critiques of financial capitalism and the patriarchal family remain relevant today.
This publication, a winner of the English PEN award, marks the first novel-length translation of Almeida’s writing into English, including an Introduction to the novel and a Translators’ Preface, and accompanies a general rediscovery of her extraordinary body of work in Brazil.
To register for the online event please visit:
Zoom Symposium: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_l8eWAsuxQumj3QNDdCVebg#/registration
26 Oct 2023 11:00 AM (London Time)
For more information on the programme and presentations please visit:
Event page (English): https://www.tc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/ai1ec_event/10387/
Event page (Japanese): https://www.tc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ai1ec_event/10382/
