Hear Cuban author Jose Manuel Prieto and translator Esther Allen speak about Rex, translation, Proust, and many other topics.
Prieto and Allen appeared as part of the Center for the Art of Translation’s Lit&Lunch series.
A summary of Rex’s plot, and Prieto and Allen reading from the book (in Spanish and English):
(7:35)
Prieto discussing how translation changed the way he wrote Rex (in Spanish and English):
(5:34)
Prieto discussing the only three books he brought with him to Siberia (in Spanish and English):
(3:11)
Prieto and Allen discussing the role of Proust in Rex and in Cuban literature (in Spanish and English):
(1:29)
Allen discussing the role of translation in Rex (in Spanish and English):
(3:50)
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