Argentine writer Pablo Katchadjian could face jail for remixing Jorge Luis Borges’s story The Aleph – but his is a thoroughly Borgesian experimentIn the short story Pierre Menard: Author of Quixote, Jorge Luis Borges writes of an author’s quest to reproduce Cervantes’ masterpiece, word by word, comma after comma. “Pierre Menard did not want to compose another Quixote, which surely is easy enough – he wanted to compose the Quixote,” Borges writes.More likely than not to be aware of this Borgesian playfulness, Argentine author Pablo Katchadjian decided in 2009 to remix one of Borges’s most renowned short stories The Aleph, keeping the original text but adding a considerable amount of his own writing. The result was the short experimental book called El Aleph engordado (The Fattened Aleph), published by a small underground press in a short run of 300 copies. An unfortunate consequence of Katchadjian’s literary experiments is an ongoing lawsuit initiated in 2011 by Maria Kodama, Borges’s widow and fervent guardian of his literary estate. Related: Virtual Library of Babel makes Borges's infinite store of books a reality – almost Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2015-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
News tagged with:
#considerable amount
#literary estate
#virtual library
Big deals signed for study of a 19th-century family of killers, Hell’s Half-Acre, and Murder Isn’t Easy, a mortician’s take on Agatha Christie’s forensics The spectre of true crime was stalking the aisles at this year’s London book fair, with publishers snapping up investigations into past evils... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-03-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#literary agency
#uk rights
#six-figure deal
The Dome Press has snapped up the rights to a new series by crime writing husband and wife team Bob and Carol Bridgestock. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#dome press
Creating books for little people who have just started crawling and saying their first words or for older ones who are too preoccupied with schoolwork to read is hardly child’s play. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#original works
Lucy Worsley, the historian who wears many hats in more ways than one, reveals how her writing informs the day job—and vice versa. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#lucy worsley
#vice versa
Looking to add another program to its growing lineup of book-driven podcasts, Macmillan Podcasts is turning to true crime, a longtime specialty at Macmillan’s St Martin’s Press division. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#true crime
#st martin
True crime, “professional confessional” memoirs and titles that look into “sealed worlds” are the hottest non-fiction trends, according to agents who spoke to The Bookseller ahead of next week’s London Book Fair. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#true crime
#bookseller ahead
Indie publisher Joffe Books has acquired the 350-strong Robert Hale crime and general fiction list from the Crowood Press. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#fiction list
HarperCollins imprint Avon is partnering with the Big Issue magazine to find a new crime writer in a competition launching in March. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#big issue
#crime writer
Hodder & Stoughton has signed the debut crime novel by broadcast journalist Will Shindler in a two-book deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#debut crime
#hodder stoughton
This year's ceremony, held at New York University's Skirball Center and conferred for the first time to a sold-out house, saw debut and women writers have a particularly strong year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#strong year
#york university
#women writers
Noel Murphy discusses what more can be done to encourage and develop more working class readers. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#working class
Karen Sullivan, publisher of Orenda Books, has acquired World English Language rights for 29-year-old Icelandic debut author Eva Bjorg AEgisdottir’s The Creak on the Stairs in a two-book, London Book Fair pre-empt. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#karen sullivan
#orenda books
Crime author Stuart McBride discusses Aberdeen's growing "artistic and cultural expertise", ahead of new literary festival Granite Noir. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#crime fiction
Chatto & Windus has acquired rights to Rachel Hewitt's non-fiction book exploring the female experience. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#female experience
#chatto windus
The Christian publisher’s six-book series, True Colors, features fictional characters in stories that are based on real murders and other crimes in American history. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#true crimes
#american history
Crime writer Mari Hannah has landed another three-book deal with Orion Fiction that will see the return of DCI Kate Daniels. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#orion fiction
#three-book deal
John Connolly has been announced as a headliner and special guest at London’s new crime and thriller festival Capital Crime. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#john connolly
#special guest
Hachette Children’s Group has acquired a “deliciously murderous” MG detective series by adult crime writer Elly Griffiths. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#hachette children
#crime series
Digital author Darren O'Sullivan will join the HQ Fiction list after the HarperCollins imprint acquired three of his crime novels. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#hq acquires
#crime novels
The news that J.D. Salinger's family is preparing to publish the late author's previously unseen works has left some literary observers excited and some unsettled. On Friday, the Guardian reported that Matt Salinger, the son of the legendary author of "The Catcher in the Rye," is working to... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#literary community
#late author
#guardian reported