tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7939695248921593637.post9130136740714070027..comments2023-12-15T09:32:30.239+01:00Comments on Self-translation: Samar AttarEva Genteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14419904591999204097noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7939695248921593637.post-64814741225094059622017-03-23T03:15:47.913+01:002017-03-23T03:15:47.913+01:00Dear Samar Attar,
I am writing to you from New Ve...Dear Samar Attar,<br /><br />I am writing to you from New Vessel Press in New York to let you know about a magnificent novel by Lebanese writer Charif Majdalani, entitled Moving the Palace, that we're bringing out on April 11.<br /><br />Here's a bit more about it: http://newvesselpress.com/books/moving-the-palace/<br /><br />At the dawn of the 20th century, a young Lebanese adventurer leaves the Levant to explore the wilds of Africa, encountering an eccentric English colonel in Sudan and enlisting in his service. In this lush chronicle of far-flung adventure, the military recruit crosses paths with a compatriot who has dismantled a sumptuous palace in Tripoli and is transporting it across the continent on a camel caravan. The protagonist soon takes charge of this hoard of architectural fragments, ferrying the dismantled landmark through Sudan, Egypt and the Arabian Peninsula, attempting to return to his native Beirut with this moveable real estate. Along the way, he encounters skeptic sheikhs, suspicious tribal leaders, bountiful feasts, pilgrims bound for Mecca and T.E. Lawrence in a tent. This is a captivating modern-day Odyssey in the tradition of Bruce Chatwin and Paul Theroux.<br /><br />As the award-winning director and actor and author of Just Fly Away and The Longest Way Home Andrew McCarthy says: “Charif Majdalani has a ripping yarn to tell and tells it with a raconteur’s bravura. Transporting, wholly engaging, deeply moving. This book is why I travel and why I read.”<br /><br />Antoine Volodine, author of Minor Angels and Naming the Jungle, calls it “one of the most beautiful epics I’ve ever read.”<br /> <br />“Moving the Palace is an eloquent, captivating excursion through a Middle East history that is more relevant today than ever. Majdalani is a major storyteller and a novelist with conscience who writes the past with transnational awareness.”— Rawi Hage, author of De Niro’s Game and Cockroach<br /><br />I'd be happy to send you a copy if you'll let me know your mailing address.<br /><br />Sincerely,<br />Michael Wise<br />Cofounder, New Vessel Press<br />New Vesselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10752663210564152022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7939695248921593637.post-88925406395085467412017-01-20T17:18:38.281+01:002017-01-20T17:18:38.281+01:00Dear Mrs. Samar,
am an Ma student in translation a...Dear Mrs. Samar,<br />am an Ma student in translation at Yarmouk University in Jordan, and preparing my thesis on self-translation, and very interested to discuss with you some important issues, your self as case study, i was reading reviews on some of your own impressive writings.<br />i would like to know how to communicate with you to proceed if you are interested.<br />Best Regards,<br />Rakan Rawashdeh<br />Email: rakan_mr@hotmail.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com