In this extract from his book The Philosophy of Translation, the International Booker Prize-shortlisted translator explains how the boundaries of language are always permeable
Damion Searls
Damion Searls is a translator from German, Norwegian, French and Dutch - and a writer in English
He has translated four books and a libretto by Jon Fosse - Melancholy (co-translated with Grethe Kvernes), Aliss at the Fire, Morning and Evening (novel and libretto), and Scenes from a Childhood - as well as books by many other writers.
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In the first volume of a trilogy of novels, Jon Fosse presents us with an indelible and poignant exploration of the human condition
By Jon Fosse
Translated by Damion Searls
Jon Fosse delivers both a transcendent exploration of the human condition and a radically ‘other’ reading experience – incantatory, hypnotic, and utterly unique
By Jon Fosse
Translated by Damion Searls
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