Best European Fiction 2010
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Best European Fiction 2010

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Best European Fiction 2010

About this book

Historically, English-language readers have been great fans of European literature, and names like Franz Kafka, Gustave Flaubert, and Thomas Mann are so familiar we hardly think of them as foreign at all. What those writers brought to English-language literature was a wide variety of new ideas, styles, and ways of seeing the world. Yet times have changed, and how much do we even know about the richly diverse literature being written in Europe today? Best European Fiction 2010 is the inaugural installment of what will become an annual anthology of stories from across Europe. Edited by acclaimed Bosnian novelist and MacArthur "Genius-Award" winner Aleksandar Hemon, and with dozens of editorial, media, and programming partners in the U.S., UK, and Europe, the Best European Fiction series will be a window onto what's happening right now in literary scenes throughout Europe, where the next Kafka, Flaubert, or Mann is waiting to be discovered. List of contributors

  • Preface: Zadie Smith
  • Introduction: Aleksandar Hemon
  • Ornela Vorpsi (Albania): from The Country Where No One Ever Dies
  • Antonio Fian (Austria): from While Sleeping
  • Peter Terrin (Belgium: Dutch): from "The Murderer"
  • Jean-Philippe Toussaint (Belgium: French): "Zidane's Melancholy"
  • Igor Stiks (Bosnia): "At the Sarajevo Market"
  • Georgi Gospodinov (Bulgaria): "And All Turned Moon"
  • Neven Usumovic (Croatia): "Veres"
  • Naja Marie Aidt (Denmark): "Bulbjerg"
  • Elo Viiding (Estonia): "Foreign Women"
  • Juhani Brander (Finland): from Extinction
  • Christine Montalbetti (France): "Hotel Komaba Eminence" (with Haruki Murakami)
  • George KonrĂĄd (Hungary): "Jeremiah's Terrible Tale"
  • Steinar Bragi (Iceland): "The Sky Over Thingvellir"
  • Julian Gough (Ireland: English): "The Orphan and the Mob"
  • OrnanĂ­ ChoileĂĄin (Ireland: Irish): "Camino"
  • Giulio Mozzi (AKA Carlo Dalcielo) (Italy): "Carlo Doesn't Know How to Read"
  • Inga Abele (Latvia): "Ants and Bumblebees"
  • Mathias Ospelt (Liechtenstein): "Deep In the Snow"
  • Giedra Radvilaviciute? (Lithuania): "The Allure of the Text"
  • Goce Smilevski (Macedonia): "Fourteen Little Gustavs"
  • Stephan Enter (Netherlands): "Resistance"
  • Jon Fosse (Norway): "Waves of Stone"
  • Michal Witkowski (Poland): "Didi"
  • Valter Hugo MĂŁe (Portugal): "dona malva and senhor josĂ© ferreiro"
  • Cosmin Manolache (Romania): "Three Hundred Cups"
  • Victor Pelevin (Russia): "Friedmann Space"
  • David Albahari (Serbia): "The Basilica

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bele: “Ants and Bumblebees” © 2009 by Inga
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bele. Translation © 2009 by Lauris Vanags.
Naja Marie Aidt: “Bulbjerg” © 2006 by Naja Marie Aidt. Translation © 2009 by Anne Mette Lundtofte.
David Albahari: “The Basilica in Lyon” © 2008 by David Albahari. Translation © 2009 by Ellen Elias-Bursa
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Andrej Blatnik: excerpt from Saj razume
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(You Do Understand?) © 2009 by Andrej Blatnik. Translation © 2009 by Tamara M. Soban.
Steinar Bragi: “The Sky Over Thingvellir” © 2009 by Steinar Bragi. Translation © 2009 by Christopher Burawa.
Juhani Brander: excerpt from Lajien tuho (Extinction) © 2007 by Juhani Brander. Translation © 2009 by Doug Robinson.
Orna NĂ­ ChoileĂĄin: “Camino” © 2009 by ClĂł Iar-Chonnachta. Translation © 2009 by Abigail Mitchell.
Stephan Enter: “Resistance” © 2009 by Van Oorschot publishers. Translation © 2009 by Imogen Cohen.
Antonio Fian: excerpt from Im Schlaf (While Sleeping) © 2009 Graz, Wien: Literaturverlag Droschl, www.droschl.com. Translation © 2009 by Dustin Lovett.
Josep M. Fonalleras: “Noir in Five Parts and an Epilogue” © 2009 by Josep M. Fonalleras. Translation © 2009 by Rowan Ricardo Phillips.
Jon Fosse: “Waves of Stone” © 2005 by Jon Fosse. Translation © 2009 by Kerri A. Pierce.
Georgi Gospodinov: ...

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. PREFACE
  6. INTRODUCTION
  7. [ALBANIA] ORNELA VORPSI
  8. [AUSTRIA] ANTONIO FIAN
  9. [BELGIUM: DUTCH] PETER TERRIN
  10. [BELGIUM: FRENCH] JEAN-PHILIPPE TOUSSAINT
  11. [BOSNIA] IGOR Ć TIKS
  12. [BULGARIA] GEORGI GOSPODINOV
  13. [CROATIA] NEVEN UàUMOVIČ
  14. [DENMARK] NAJA MARIE AIDT
  15. [ESTONIA] ELO VIIDING
  16. [FINLAND] JUHANI BRANDER
  17. [FRANCE] CHRISTINE MONTALBETTI
  18. [HUNGARY] GEORGE KONRÁD
  19. [ICELAND] STEINAR BRAGI
  20. [IRELAND: ENGLISH] JULIAN GOUGH
  21. [IRELAND: IRISH] ORNA NÍ CHOILEÁIN
  22. [ITALY] GIULIO MOZZI (AKA CARLO DALCIELO)
  23. [LATVIA] INGA ĀBELE
  24. [LIECHTENSTEIN] MATHIAS OSPELT
  25. [LITHUANIA] GIEDRA RADVILAVIČIĆȘTĖ
  26. [MACEDONIA] GOCE SMILEVSKI
  27. [NETHERLANDS] STEPHAN ENTER
  28. [NORWAY] JON FOSSE
  29. [POLAND] MICHAƁ WITKOWSKI
  30. [PORTUGAL] VALTER HUGO MÃE
  31. [ROMANIA] COSMIN MANOLACHE
  32. [RUSSIA] VICTOR PELEVIN
  33. [SERBIA] DAVID ALBAHARI
  34. [SLOVAKIA] PETER KRIƠTÚFEK
  35. [SLOVENIA] ANDREJ BLATNIK
  36. [SPAIN: CASTILIAN] JULIÁN RÍOS
  37. [SPAIN: CATALAN] JOSEP M. FONALLERAS
  38. [SWITZERLAND] PETER STAMM
  39. [UNITED KINGDOM: ENGLAND] DEBORAH LEVY
  40. [UNITED KINGDOM: SCOTLAND] ALASDAIR GRAY
  41. [UNITED KINGDOM: WALES] PENNY SIMPSON
  42. AUTHOR BIOGRAPHIES AND PERSONAL STATEMENTS
  43. TRANSLATOR BIOGRAPHIES
  44. ONLINE RESOURCES
  45. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  46. RIGHTS AND PERMISSIONS