Fictional Translators - 9781138827134

Taylor & Francis

Through close readings of select stories and novels by well-known writers from different literary traditions, Fictional Translators invites readers to rethink the main clich\u00E9s associated with translations. Rosemary Arrojo shines a light on the transformative character of the translator\u2019s role and the relationships that can be established between originals and their reproductions, building her arguments on the basis of texts such as the following:\n\n--Cort\u00E1zar\u2019s \""Letter to a Young Lady in Paris\""\n\n--Walsh\u2019s \""Footnote\"" \n--Wilde\u2019s The Picture of Dorian Gray and Poe\u2019s \""The Oval Portrait\"" \n--Borges\u2019s \""Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote,\"" \""Funes, His Memory,\"" and \""Death and the Compass\"" \n--Kafka\u2019s \""The Burrow\"" and Kosztol\u00E1nyi\u2019s Korn\u00E9l Esti\n\n--Saramago\u2019s The History of the Siege of Lisbon and Babel\u2019s \""Guy de Maupassant\"" \n--Scliar\u2019s \""Footnotes\"" and Calvino\u2019s If on a Winter\u2019s Night.