Portuguese in Translation

PinT - Portuguese in Translation - is a new Book Club dedicated to Portuguese-language literature in English translation.

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Registration is now open for our 23rd session, to discuss A Girl is Lost in Her Century Looking for Her Father alongside Portuguese author Gonçalo M. Tavares and translator Daniel Hahn. The event will take place on Thursday the 9th of July at 19h (GMT+1): https://t.co/xohOq3tANI

[Portuguese in Translation @PinT_Book_Club]

Não perca a oportunidade de conversar sobre a tradução inglesa de Uma Menina Está Perdida no Seu Século à Procura do Pai com o autor Gonçalo M. Tavares e o tradutor Daniel Hahn na nossa próxima sessão online em meados de Julho. Inscreva-se aqui: https://t.co/tqOiHdz2AN

[Portuguese in Translation @PinT_Book_Club]

"De certa forma, todos os que morrem e aqueles que sobrevivem mutilados carregam o DNA da menina, porque estão apartados e dilacerados assim como ela está."
Leia a resenha a Uma Menina Está Perdida no Seu Século à Procura do Pai (Gonçalo M. Tavares):
https://t.co/mEQLltdkJT

[Portuguese in Translation @PinT_Book_Club]

Don't miss out the opportunity to discuss A Girl is Lost in Her Century Looking for Her Father alongside Portuguese author Gonçalo M. Tavares and translator Daniel Hahn at our 23rd online event in mid-July. Register now: https://t.co/xohOq3tANI

[Portuguese in Translation @PinT_Book_Club]

"Impossible not to notice that face. Such a characteristic, round face with those huge eyes and cheeks. A disabled girl - or boy? Hard for Marius to tell."
A Girl is Lost in Her Century Looking for Her Father (Gonçalo M. Tavares, tr. Daniel Hahn)
https://t.co/PvvrLQdnWb?

[Portuguese in Translation @PinT_Book_Club]

Join us for a conversation about A Girl is Lost in Her Century Looking for Her Father alongside author Gonçalo M. Tavares and translator Daniel Hahn at our 23rd session in mid-July. Register now: https://t.co/xohOq3tANI

[Portuguese in Translation @PinT_Book_Club]

Gonçalo M. Tavares Wins Formentor Prize for Literature
Tavares was unanimously selected by the jury for an oeuvre “revealing the unexpected implications of a humanity frightened of itself, (...)”
Learn more: https://t.co/F4Ae4mByUN

[Portuguese in Translation @PinT_Book_Club]

Would you like to explore an exciting array of literature from a linguistic community which uniquely spans four continents? You should try PinT – a book club which discusses Portuguese-language literature in English translation!
https://t.co/iyuMZmNore

[Portuguese in Translation @PinT_Book_Club]

Join us for a conversation about A Girl is Lost in Her Century Looking for Her Father (Dalkey Archive Press) alongside Portuguese author Gonçalo M. Tavares and translator Daniel Hahn at our next online event in mid-July. Register now: https://t.co/xohOq3tANI

[Portuguese in Translation @PinT_Book_Club]

"As translators, we often say that our job is to be as invisible as possible—you, the reader, shouldn’t notice we’re there at all."
Read the full article by Daniel Hahn for Words Without Borders: https://t.co/vOSNzKiN7r

[Portuguese in Translation @PinT_Book_Club]

Registration is now open for our 23rd session, to discuss A Girl is Lost in Her Century Looking for Her Father alongside Portuguese author Gonçalo M. Tavares and translator Daniel Hahn. The event will take place on Thursday the 9th of July at 19h (GMT+1): https://t.co/xohOq3u8Dg

[Portuguese in Translation @PinT_Book_Club]

Don't miss out the opportunity to discuss A Girl is Lost in Her Century Looking for Her Father alongside Portuguese author Gonçalo M. Tavares and translator Daniel Hahn at our 23rd session in mid-July. Register now: https://t.co/xohOq3u8Dg

[Portuguese in Translation @PinT_Book_Club]

"One of the most interesting short books I’ve read in years, A Girl is Lost in Her Century, Looking for Her Father by Gonçalo M. Tavares, translated by Daniel Hahn, expands like unfolding a piece of complicated origami."
Recommended reading 2025: https://t.co/r0gHbYvubE

[Portuguese in Translation @PinT_Book_Club]

A huge THANK YOU to everybody who has donated so far!

We are working on ways to grow our project and we wish to pay our collaborators. Please consider supporting our effort, even with a small amount, which will certainly make a difference.
https://t.co/5YEWdO9aV7

[Portuguese in Translation @PinT_Book_Club]

Would you like to explore an exciting array of literature from a linguistic community which uniquely spans four continents? You should try PinT – a book club which discusses Portuguese-language literature in English translation!
https://t.co/diT6gNB5KY

[Portuguese in Translation @PinT_Book_Club]

@vikas6th Well, there’s still time 😉

[Portuguese in Translation @PinT_Book_Club]

Gonçalo M. Tavares was born in Luanda in 1970 and teaches Theory of Science in Lisbon. Nobel Laureate José Saramago stated: »In thirty years’ time, if not before, Tavares will win the Nobel Prize, and I’m sure my prediction will come true… (...)« https://t.co/3ZHxAFNuxk

[Portuguese in Translation @PinT_Book_Club]

Registration is now open for our 23rd session, to discuss A Girl is Lost in Her Century Looking for Her Father, alongside Portuguese author Gonçalo M. Tavares and translator Daniel Hahn. The event will take place on Thursday the 9th of July at 19h (GMT+1): https://t.co/xohOq3u8Dg

[Portuguese in Translation @PinT_Book_Club]

Daniel Hahn is a writer, editor and translator, with about eighty books published to date. His translations from Portuguese include novels by José Eduardo Agualusa, Gonçalo M. Tavares, Carola Saavedra, Paulo Scott and Julián Fuks. Learn more: https://t.co/bKXw3OajKW

[Portuguese in Translation @PinT_Book_Club]

Our next book in line is A Girl Is Lost in Her Century Looking for Her Father, by Portuguese author Gonçalo M. Tavares, translated by Daniel Hahn and published in 2025 by Dalkey Archive Press.
https://t.co/6JaMkMbBmc