Tolstoy and the Purple Chair

Thanking the Translators

Nina Sankovitch | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Susanne Hobel, Tolstoy and the Purple Chair, Susan Ridder, Kim Byung-Hwa, Eleonora Cadelli, Paulo Polzonoff, Translators, Translation, Anke Caroline Burger, Books News
Nina Sankovitch

We owe thanks to the literary translators. Through meticulous and exacting work, carried out in obscurity and often in utter anonymity, these magicians of language open the door to whole new book stacks of wonder.

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Picking Favorites: Books That Make Me Sigh With Satisfaction

Nina Sankovitch | Posted 09.05.2011

Read More: Burger's Daughter, Tolstoy and the Purple Chair, Barbara Kingsolver, Louise Erdrich, Wilkie Collins, A Burnt-Out Case, Stewart O?Nan, Thrity Umrigar, Ursula Le Guin, Dickens, Thomas Hardy, Colin Channer, Toni Morrison, Nadine Gordimer, Geraldine Brooks, Graham Green, The Clue in the Old Album, Philip Roth, Harriet the Spy, Martha Grimes, Jose Saramago, Favorite Books, Books News
Nina Sankovitch

A great book happens when I pick up a book and can't put it down again; when I cannot suppress the sighs upon finishing it; when I cannot wait to tell everyone I know: read this book! But how to pick a favorite?

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My First Book -- And My First Video Book Trailer

Nina Sankovitch | Posted 07.25.2011

Read More: Tolstoy and the Purple Chair, The Happiness Project, Midge Raymond, Video Book Trailers, Book Trailers, Books, Duma Key, John Yunker, Gretchen Rubin, Youtube, Stephen King, Books News
Nina Sankovitch

Think writing a query letter is hard? Or the synopsis for a book that you hope to have published? Welcome to the next task in presenting your book to the world: the video book trailer.

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When What You Wear Says It All: Book Love as Fashion Accessory

Nina Sankovitch | Posted 06.08.2011

Read More: Book Clothes, Tolstoy and the Purple Chair, Book Accessories, Bookworms, Book Fashion Accessory, Books, Books News
Nina Sankovitch

An inner love of books can now be displayed in my outerwear. Add both flair and a display of book love with nifty To Kill a Mockingbird earrings.

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