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Sinopsis

<div><i>Two Lines</i> continues its two decade&#150;long tradition of excellence, hand-picking the best from translation&#8217;s acknowledged masters and world literature&#8217;s up-and-comers. In an all-new essay, Lydia Davis draws back the curtain on the processes she uses to make some of the globe&#8217;s most acclaimed translations. Mexican author Yuri Herrera, acclaimed as &#147;Mexico&#8217;s greatest novelist&#8221; by Francisco Goldman, delivers an action-packed tale of border crossings. Editor for <i>The Believer</i> Daniel Levin Becker shines a light on fascinating new work from the experimental Parisian collective the Oulipo. And irreverent Belgian sensation Jean-Philippe Toussaint lands new essays in the issue, one of which delves into the day he began to write. All these plus new writing from Japan, Romania, Peru, and more&#151;a vital space for cultures to merge and writers to flourish, <i>Two Lines</i> belongs in the hands of bibliophiles everywhere, as well as in front of writers and editors in search of a truly global perspective.</div>

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Críticas

"Two Lines is one of the most prominent American purveyors of world literature." -- Travis Kurowski, "Poets and Writers"
"[E]ndeavors such as Two Lines . . . are on the front lines of expanding our access to literary voices that would otherwise be simply inaccessible to American readers." -- "Los Angeles Review of Books"
"An appetite-whetting sampler of authors whose work any serious reader cannot afford to be without." -- Oscar Villalon, "ZYZZYZVA"

Reseña del editor

Two Lines continues its two decadelong tradition of excellence, hand-picking the best from translation’s acknowledged masters and world literature’s up-and-comers. In an all-new essay, Lydia Davis draws back the curtain on the processes she uses to make some of the globe’s most acclaimed translations. Mexican author Yuri Herrera, acclaimed as Mexico’s greatest novelist” by Francisco Goldman, delivers an action-packed tale of border crossings. Editor forThe Believer Daniel Levin Becker shines a light on fascinating new work from the experimental Parisian collective the Oulipo. And irreverent Belgian sensation Jean-Philippe Toussaint lands new essays in the issue, one of which delves into the day he began to write. All these plus new writing from Japan, Romania, Peru, and morea vital space for cultures to merge and writers to flourish,Two Lines belongs in the hands of bibliophiles everywhere, as well as in front of writers and editors in search of a truly global perspective.

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