{"product_id":"jim-story-problems-of-translation-9780986238208","title":"Problems of Translation","description":"\"...A MERRY, YEARLONG CHASE AROUND THE GLOBE....\"--Kirkus Reviews \"Exceptional, original, deftly crafted from beginning to end, ... an inherently fascinating, unique, funny, and compelling read ...very highly recommended....\"--Midwest Book Review \"A comic masterpiece\" \"Poignant\" \"Pretty much perfectly done\"and A Shelf Unbound 2015 Notable Book Charles Abel Baker--short story writer and a \"most unlikely middle-aged hero\"--sets off around the world on a quest to see one of his short stories translated into ten different languages and back again into English, a sort of literary version of the old party game \"telephone. In Moscow, St. Petersburg, Siberia, China, India, Iceland, Japan, Mexico, and more, Charlie's round-the-world peregrinations are comical, romantic and, at times, hair-raising. Problems of Translation is a cloak-and-dagger adventure, a love story, and a bracing ride for the language buff. Its naïve hero's quixotic mission will ultimately transform Charlie and those around him. And along the way, Charlie--lonely, divorced--comes to love and be loved by a generous, complicated woman, and at last to understand what drove him to undertake this journey. Who knew that literary translation could be so perilous? So romantic? So downright funny? A rousing hybrid and a great read, Problems of Translation is as stimulating as it is entertaining. \"An insanely amusing adventure that has a deep love of language at its belly-shaking core.\"-Gary Shteyngart, author of Little Failure and A Super Sad True Love Story \"Jim Story's name says it all: he was meant to be a writer...I hope everyone reads this book!\"-Hannah Tinti, author of The Good Thief; editor-in-chief of One Story \"In this comic masterpiece...we take a wild ride...through the underside of the literary world...as [Charlie] stumbles and careens into all kinds of trouble in and obsessive pursuit of hid Dream.\"-Robert Roth, author of Health Proxy; editor, co-creator of And Then \"A fascinating look at the issues of translation, publishing, and an unglamorous middle-age.\"-Edith Grossman, author of Why Translation Matters; award-winning translator of Cervantes, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and others \"...Marvelous touches of...poignancy that don't...delay the progress of the story toward it's delectable conclusion...pretty much perfectly done.\"-Ron Story (no relation), Emeritus Professor, UMass Amherst; author of Jonathan Edwards and the Gospel of Love","brand":"Blue Mile Books","offers":[{"title":"Used - very good","offer_id":53585701470550,"sku":"9780986238208-V","price":2.89,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/5829\/5382\/files\/product_image_9780986238208_1.jpg?v=1778471247","url":"https:\/\/www.momoxbooks.com\/products\/jim-story-problems-of-translation-9780986238208","provider":"momoxbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}