![]() ![]() I will do so by sharing a couple of exercises, first the writing I did for Septology for the National Translation Award given by the American Literary Translator’s Association, then a delve into a word that is so often used when talking about this book. ![]() ![]() Through this essay, I intend to trace my journey into figuring out why this book is so great yet so simple. I can say what I like about it, but it comes out so plain. And it has been nagging at me, why? Usually, it comes to me so quickly, and I annoy my friends talking at length about the great book I’ve just finished. This may seem like a simple translation challenge, but when a word appears eight times on a page, it becomes an ad nauseum challenge.Īfter finishing Jon Fosse’s Septology, I was swept with the feeling of finishing a masterpiece. ![]()
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