In our morning reading: an interview with Farooq Ahmed, a review of Carmen Maria Machado’s memoir, and more.
Morning Bites: Ananda Devi, Brian Gresko Nonfiction, Sally Rooney Adapted, Anna Meredith, and More
In our morning reading: an excerpt from Ananada Devi’s new novel, nonfiction from Brian Gresko, and more.
Jeffrey Zuckerman on Translating Ananda Devi’s “Eve Out of Her Ruins”
Ananda Devi’s novel Eve Out of Her Ruins is a wrenching novel of four friends set in a bleak neighborhood in Mauritius. Their ambitions and expectations clash with the instability and violence around them, and the way that the narrative is told–through each of their voices–magnifies their idiosyncrasies and personalities. An English translation of the novel was recently released by Deep Vellum Publishing, and I reached out to translator Jeffrey Zuckerman with a few questions about how this new edition came to be, his process, and how he first came into contact with Devi’s book.
Morning Bites: Ananda Devi Interviewed, Dinosaur Jr., Amelia Gray Fiction, Emily Raboteau, and More
In our morning reading: interviews with Ananda Devi and Dinosaur Jr., new writing by Amelia Gray and Emily Raboteau, and more.