My brother and colleague, Scott Spires, has abandoned his old Lakefront Linguist blog for a Substack called Lakefront Review of Books.
A couple years ago he lent me his copy of the Wyndham Lewis book Self Condemned. I never got around to reading it so I gave it back to him, and now he’s written a review of it that makes me want to read it after all, darn it.
I’m pleased to report that a novel I recently translated is available on Kindle: Escape to Catania
And yes, even though the book takes place in Italy and the author’s name is Italian, it was written in German.
It’s the story of a woman police officer rebuilding her life after a personal betrayal. She requests a transfer to Sicily, where she learns more about the mafia and the European migration crisis. This volume is the first in a series, so it introduces characters and situations that will develop over time. If that sounds interesting to you, check it out at the link above.
A lot of my translation work is fairly dry and academic, so working on a novel with day-to-day life situations and dialogue was a fun opportunity. Many thanks to the author for selecting me to introduce her story to English-speaking readers.