Translated from the original play in Russian, The Government Inspector by Nikolai Gogol, and adapted for two actors by Roger Pulvers Author, playwright, translator, theater and film director Roger Pulvers has translated and adapted one of world theater’s greatest comic classics, Nikolai Gogol’s The Government Inspector. This version for two actors, here in print for the first time, has been…
by Lena Merhej Translated from the Arabic by Nadiyah Abdullatif and Anam Zafar Winner of English Pen Award Lena Merhej’s graphic memoir Yoghurt and Jam is set in Lebanon, where tradition pairs yoghurt with cucumber and salt. Discovering how her mother likes her yoghurt sparks a captivating exploration of what led her mother from Germany to Lebanon, as well…
by James Lawless Unable to find emotional rapport with his wife, Lil, with whom he shares a childless marriage, middle-aged and ailing librarian Leo Lambkin begins a correspondence with an old flame, Bernarda, who writes to him after she hears of the tragic death of his mother. Bernarda, whom Leo disguises as Jude, informs him that he is the father…
Translation from Russian, Polish and Japanese, Notes and Commentary by Roger Pulvers. THE YEAR 2020 was the year the world turned inward. We may have stayed at home, but this was a time to look deeply inside ourselves to find connections that we carry in us with all people all around the world. ACCLAIMED AUTHOR and translator Roger Pulvers recorded…
by Roger Pulvers Half of Each Other takes place in Tokyo. It tells the story of Nick and Setsuko York, a once very fond married couple devoted to their adorable five-year-old daughter, Emi. Half of Each Other is the story of a woman and a man challenged by the shock of an overwhelming grief. Both are overcome by an immense…
by Monica Raszewski Born and raised in Australia, Martha longs to return to Nadwodom, in a country called Czawa, where her parents and family grew up. As she stumbles upon the works of Marion Porter, an Australian photographer who once photographed the countryside in Czawa, Martha's own journey to her family's homeland begins to unfurl. There, she meets her cousin,…
Translated from the Russian, Notes and Commentary by Roger Pulvers. "If you want to know how Russians feel about their country, read the poetry of Sergei Esenin. "The 'old plank bridge' spans not only eras but centuries; not only one Russia with another, but Russia with the rest of the world." So writes acclaimed author and translator Roger Pulvers about…
by Roger Pulvers "LIV is a gripping mystery, of a present haunted by the past, but also a profoundly moral book, asking of the reader: what would you do? In this, LIV deserves comparison with novels as great as An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro and The Reader by Bernhard Schlink." — David Peace, author of Tokyo Year Zero.…
