The cultural production of Spanish-speaking New York is closely linked to the Caribbean and to Latin America at large, but the city also plays a pivotal role in the work of a host of authors from the Iberian Peninsula, writing in Spanish, Catalan, and English. In many cases, their New York City texts have marked their careers and the history of their national literatures. Drawing from a variety of genres, Translating New York recovers cultural narratives occluded by single linguistic or national literary histories, and proposes that reading these texts through the lens of translation unveils new pathways of cultural circulation and influence. Looking beyond representations of the city's physical space, Translating New York suggests that travel to the city and contact with New York's multilingual setting ignited a heightened sensitivity towards both the verbal and non-verbal languages of the city, garnering literary achievement and aesthetic innovation. Analyzing the novels, poetry, and travel narratives of Felipe Alfau, Jose Moreno Villa, Julio Camba, and Josep Pla, this book uncovers an international perspective of Iberian literatures. Translating New York aims to rethink Iberian literatures through the transatlantic travels of influential writers.

The pre-publication version of Translating New York was awarded the 2017 Northeast Modern Language Association Book Award for the best unpublished book-length manuscript on modern language literature.

About the Author
Regina Galasso is Assistant Professor of Spanish and Director of the Translation Center at the University of Massachusetts Amherst

Reviews
Reviews 'This lively and informative book examines the ways in which Spanish authors from Garcia Lorca and Moreno Villa have interpreted the city of New York through discourses of translation.'
Jonathan Mayhew, The University of Kansas


Awards
Winner of NeMLA Book Award 2017 (United States).



Book Information
ISBN 9781786941121
Author Regina Galasso
Format Hardback
Page Count 216
Imprint Liverpool University Press
Publisher Liverpool University Press