The New York Times on Kintu

Julian Lucas discusses Kintu and curses in an essay on recent African literature for The New York Times.

ReviewsTransit BooksJanuary 7, 2019New York Times, Transit Books, Kintu, Jennifer Makumbi, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, Julian Lucas, African Literature, Ugandan Literature

The New York Times on False Calm

The New York Times reviews María Sonia Cristoff’s Patagonian chronicle, False Calm (tr. Katherine Silver), calling it “a bold, beautiful book.”

ReviewsTransit BooksNovember 30, 2018María Sonia Cristoff, Katherine Silver, Patagonia, New York Times, Holiday Gift Guide, False Calm, Argentine Literature, Translated Literature, Translation, Transit Books

Best of 2018: Kirkus Names The Right Intention

Kirkus Reviews names Andrés Barba’s The Right Intention one of the Best Books of 2018.

Transit News, Spanish LiteratureTransit BooksNovember 18, 2018Andrés Barba, The Right Intention, Such Small Hands, Kirkus Reviews, Best Books of 2018, Lisa Dillman, Spanish Literature, Translated Literature

River Featured in The New Yorker

The New Yorker calls Esther Kinsky’s River (tr. Iain Galbraith) “a magnificent novel.”

Reviews, German LiteratureTransit BooksOctober 23, 2018Esther Kinsky, Iain Galbraith, River, The New Yorker, German Literature, Transit Books

False Calm: María Sonia Cristoff and Katherine Silver

Join Argentinian author María Sonia Cristoff and her translator, Katherine Silver, to launch Cristoff’s breakout work of nonfiction, False Calm, at the American Bookbinders Museum in San Francisco on Tuesday, October 23.

Events, Spanish LiteratureTransit BooksOctober 3, 2018María Sonia Cristoff, False Calm, San Francisco Events, Katherine Silver

Swallowing Mercury Shortlisted for National Translation Award

Wioletta Greg’s Swallowing Mercury, translated from the Polish by Eliza Marciniak, is shortlisted for the National Translation Award.

AwardsTransit BooksSeptember 5, 2018Wioletta Greg, Eliza Marciniak, Swallowing Mercury, Polish Literature, National Translation Award, NTA 2018

Transit's Half-Birthday Party / River Launch

We're turning three and a half or one and a half (depending on how you count!) and are throwing a party to celebrate and launch Esther Kinsky's award-winning novel River, translated from the German by Iain Galbraith.

Transit News, EventsTransit BooksAugust 25, 2018Esther Kinsky, River, Transit events, E.M. Wolfman

Summer Staff Picks

A selection of what our editors have been reading and recommending this summer, featuring titles from New Directions, Fitzcarraldo, Open Letter, and more.

Transit NewsTransit BooksJuly 25, 2018International Literature, Translated Fiction, This Little Art, Kate Briggs, The Museum of Unconditional Surrender, Dubravka Ugrešić, Daša Drndić, Ivo Andrić, Vi Khi Nao, Kc2, Gramma, Jennifer Hayashida, A Machine Wrote This Song