In Tram 83, Fiston Mwanza Mujila plunges the reader into the atmosphere of a gold rush as cynical as it is comic and colourfully exotic
Translated by Roland Glasser
Roland Glasser
Roland Glasser serves on the committee of the UK Translators Association
He studied theatre, cinema and art history in the UK and France, and has published over 25 translations from French (fiction, art, travel, and trade non-fiction). His co-translation, with Louise Rogers Lalaurie, of Anne Cuneo’s historical novel Tregian’s Ground was published by And Other Stories in Spring 2015, and his translation of Fiston Mwanza Mujila’s Tram 83 appeared in September 2015, courtesy of Deep Vellum (Dallas), Jacaranda (London), and Scribe (Melbourne). He is a French Voices and PEN Translates Award winner. Having lived in Paris for many years, he is currently based in London.