Pushking Press: Found in Translation

The great Jorge Luis Borges once said that literature in English was infinite. Assuming he was right implies that English readers do not need to venture beyond their language to enjoy the telling of tales. A bit more than 20 years ago a small publishing house in UK decided to bet against it. Pushkin Press is the highly reputable London based editorial house dedicated to the difficult task of bringing authors in translation to the Anglo-speaking reader. We conversed candidly with its Managing Director and owner, Adam Freudenheim, about how big is his gamble in bringing almost unknown authors into English. We talked about the dictatorship of the novel, the global appeal of children literature, the fate of books and the joy of translating and publishing Japanese authors. With Jorge Ramírez y Juan ToledoPushkin Press Authors