The Good Thief has touched down in Italy. Many thanks to Einaudi for publishing Ren’s story and Valeria Raimondi for translating it. First review, in Italian, is here.
I’ve been in Barcelona the past few days to promote the Spanish & Catalan editions of The Good Thief with the good people of Anagrama. In a brief period of time I’ve learned quite a bit about this beautiful city, including their patron saint, St. Eulalia, who apparently had a dove fly from her neck [...]
I’ve got two new foreign editions of The Good Thief to share, and two more deals to announce. The first is a traditional Chinese translation, by Ecus House, which has recently been released and has this very cool cover to the left. The second is a Spanish translation, which will be released next month by [...]
After a thrilling tour of France and Belgium as part of Les Belles Étrangères, I am finally back on U.S. soil. For those readers who missed it, you can check out the highlights on twitter from Andrew Sean Greer, Colson Whitehead, Matt Madden, John Haskell and myself here. And if you speak French, you can [...]
For the next 10 days I’ll be taking part in Les Belles Étrangères, a festival hosted by the Centre National du Livre in France. This year they are hosting 12 American writers whose work has recently been translated into French and putting us on tour across the country: Charles D’Ambrosio, Percival Everett, Forrest Gander, Andrew [...]
An interview with Hannah has just been broadcast on German Public Radio about the release of The Good Thief in Germany. To listen, go here. To order a copy of The Good Thief in German, go here.
Today I opened a box of Animal Crackers, translated into Chinese–traditional Chinese, that is–which is used in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau. It’s an absolutely beautiful book, produced by Ink. What excited me the most about this version of Animal Crackers is that there are amazing black and white illustrations. One for each story. They [...]
The Good Thief has been published in Germany! Go here to read an excerpt or get a copy of the book in translation.
