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All information in this post is courtesy Justine Sha of Other Press.
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Celebrating The Release Of:
ANOTHER LIFE: On Memory, Language, Love, and the Passage of Time
by
Theodor Kallifatides
Translated by:
Marlaine Delargy
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Other Press Hardcover ∙ ISBN: 978-159051-945-5
On-Sale Date: September 25th, 2018 ∙ Price: $22.95
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“Wonderful…The strongest pages of Theodor Kallifatides’s writing—the delicate, finely philosophical—characterize his new work Another Life, a thin book with deep insights.”
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“Down to the smallest comma, it’s a pleasure to read Another Life.”
—Svenska Dagbladet
“Wonderful…The strongest pages of Theodor Kallifatides’s writing—the delicate, finely philosophical—characterize his new work Another Life, a thin book with deep insights.”
—Arbetarbladet
“Kallifatides’s relationship to the words and the story resembles a fifty-year love affair.”
—Sveriges Radio
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Celebrated
novelist, essayist, and poet Theodor Kallifatides explores a life of
writing and an author’s place and space
in a modern, ever-changing world as he feels progressively trapped in
his increasing age between not being able to write and not being able to
not write.
Kallifatides
examines the liminal spaces between language and ideology, homeland and
the immigrant experience, democracy and anarchy, the local and the
global, and history and the present.
He asks: how does one deal with a severe case of writer’s block at
the end of a lengthy, prestigious literary career? What is there left to
say to a world that changes so quickly and challenges one’s relevancy
with each passing day? Was my life’s work meaningful?
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Praise for ANOTHER LIFE:
“Kallifatides has written an unusual and refreshing memoir that uses
critical theory to explain an individual behavior. A fascinating look
into a prolific author’s mind, especially welcome since there have not
been enough English translations of his books.”
—KIRKUS REVIEWS
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“Charming…Slender in size, yet anything but slight in scope, this
inviting meditation on age, writing and sense of place, beautifully
translated into English by Marlaine Delargy, is witty, profound and
thoroughly captivating….Kallifatides is a companionable
and funny guide…So while Kallifatides ponders the dilemmas that plague
Sweden and Greece and beyond—intolerance toward migrants, materialism,
the growing propensity to offend others in the name of free speech—his
manner is rueful, but not pessimistic…. [an]
exquisite book…”
—BOOKPAGE
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About The Book:
Full of profound questions on the nature of aging, writing, and the political and economic states of Europe,
ANOTHER LIFE is a beautiful meditation on identity under the
multifaceted labels and experiences we assign to each other, from the
languages we speak, the beliefs and values we hold, and the lessons that
we draw from our past selves. Kallifatides has
composed a thoughtful memoir about the power of the external world on
the work of a lifelong artist, and the reciprocity of this
relationship. More information on the author and translator are below.
As
Kallifatides ruminates on his own aging and the way it affects his
writing, he observes the chaotic, combative Europe that surrounds him
and contrasts it to his everyday routine with
Swedish and Greek friends who keep him grounded in a simpler, more
stable time. While Kallifatides studies the various culture wars and
economic issues that have transformed his birthplace of Greece into a
concerning mix of national crises waiting to implode,
and looks on as his beloved Sweden moves towards privatized
institutions and worrisomely intolerant views, he struggles with the
frustration of his creative stasis. The personal and the political are
synthesized in
ANOTHER LIFE through the thoughts and reactions that Kallifatides
presents, producing a bright, engaging memoir that highlights the
inextricable link between a writer and his inspiration.
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About the Author:
Theodor Kallifatides has published more than forty works of
fiction, nonfiction, and poetry that have been translated around the
world.
Born in Greece in 1938, Kallifatides immigrated in 1964 to Sweden, where he began his literary career.
As a translator, he has brought August Strindberg and Ingmar Bergman to Greek readers, and Giannis Ritsos and Mikis Theodorakis to Swedish ones.
He has received numerous awards for his work in both Greece and Sweden. He lives in Sweden.
Marlaine Delargy is best known for her translations of the work
Henning Mankell, John Ajvide Lindqvist, and Kristina Ohlsson.
She is also the translator of Therese Bohman’s Eventide and Drowned (Other Press).
She serves on the editorial board of the Swedish Book Review.
She lives in Shropshire, England.
**Photo Credit: Florence Montmare**
Born in Greece in 1938, Kallifatides immigrated in 1964 to Sweden, where he began his literary career.
As a translator, he has brought August Strindberg and Ingmar Bergman to Greek readers, and Giannis Ritsos and Mikis Theodorakis to Swedish ones.
He has received numerous awards for his work in both Greece and Sweden. He lives in Sweden.
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About the Translator:
She is also the translator of Therese Bohman’s Eventide and Drowned (Other Press).
She serves on the editorial board of the Swedish Book Review.
She lives in Shropshire, England.
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