An Open Letter on Translating
Title | An Open Letter on Translating PDF eBook |
Author | Martin Luther |
Publisher | DigiCat |
Pages | 31 |
Release | 2022-07-20 |
Genre | Fiction |
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'An Open Letter on Translating' is a work written by Martin Luther, best known among Christians as the seminal figure in the Protestant Reformation and as the namesake of Lutheranism. Here he discusses several of the word choices he made and the reasoning behind them when translating the Bible into German.
The Little Golden Calf
Title | The Little Golden Calf PDF eBook |
Author | Ilʹi︠a︡ Ilʹf |
Publisher | Frederick Ungar |
Pages | 424 |
Release | 1961 |
Genre | Russian fiction |
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The satirical novel's main character, Ostap Bender, also appeared in a previous novel by the authors called The Twelve Chairs. The title alludes to the "golden calf" of the Bible; another possible rendering of it in English, less literal but better tuned to the air of the novel, would be "The Gilded Calf". It continues the theme of the denunciation of money-grubbing, philistine stupidity, and bureaucracy, which began in “The Twelve Chairs”.
A New Gospel for Women
Title | A New Gospel for Women PDF eBook |
Author | Kristin Kobes Du Mez |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 289 |
Release | 2015 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0190205644 |
A work of history, biography, and historical theology, A New Gospel for Women tells the remarkable story of Katharine Bushnell (1855-1946), an internationally-known social reformer and author of God's Word to Women, a startling reinterpretation of the Christian Scriptures that even today stands as one of the most innovative and comprehensive feminist theologies ever written.
Maidenhair
Title | Maidenhair PDF eBook |
Author | Mikhail Shishkin |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9781934824368 |
Day after day the Russian asylum-seekers sit across from the interpreter and Peter - the Swiss officers who guard the gates to paradise - and tell of the atrocities they've suffered, or that they've invented, or heard from someone else. These stories of escape, war, and violence intermingle with the interpreter's own reading: a history of an ancient Persian war; letters sent to his son Nebuchadnezzasaurus,' ruler of a distant, imaginary childhood empire; and the diaries of a Russian singer who lived through Russia's wars and revolutions.'
The Invented Part
Title | The Invented Part PDF eBook |
Author | Rodrigo Fresan |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2017 |
Genre | FICTION |
ISBN | 9781940953564 |
A sprawling epic about imagination, creation, and reality in the vein of Infinite Jest and Gravity's Rainbow.
Letters to a Young Poet
Title | Letters to a Young Poet PDF eBook |
Author | Rainer Maria Rilke |
Publisher | Shambhala Publications |
Pages | 118 |
Release | 2021-06-01 |
Genre | Literary Collections |
ISBN | 0834843676 |
A fresh perspective on a beloved classic by acclaimed translators Anita Barrows and Joanna Macy. German poet Rainer Maria Rilke’s (1875–1926) Letters to a Young Poet has been treasured by readers for nearly a century. Rilke’s personal reflections on the vocation of writing and the experience of living urge an aspiring poet to look inward, while also offering sage wisdom on further issues including gender, solitude, and romantic love. Barrows and Macy’s translation extends this compilation of timeless advice and wisdom to a fresh generation of readers. With a new introduction and commentary, this edition places the letters in the context of today’s world and the unique challenges we face when seeking authenticity.
This Little Art
Title | This Little Art PDF eBook |
Author | Kate Briggs |
Publisher | |
Pages | 365 |
Release | 2017 |
Genre | BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY |
ISBN | 9781910695456 |
Part-essay and part-memoir, 'This Little Art' is a manifesto for the practice of literary translation.