Translator Katherine Silver on Horacio Castellanos Moya

Katherine Silver

Hear Katherine Silver read from her translation of Horacio Castellanos Moya's novel Senselessness as part of the Center for the Art of Translation's Lit&Lunch series. Click here for the Center's audio archive.

Silver discussing how she discovered and "fell in love" with Senselessness:
(1:55)

Silver discussing translating Moya:
(0:55)

Silver reading the first chapter of Senselessness:
(16:15)

Silver discussing how Native American prose "infects" Senselessness's prose:
(2:00)

Silver reading from late in Senselessness:
(7:08)

Silver discussing her idea of translation as subversion:
(2:30)


 

 
 
last update: April 13, 2006