BREAKING NEWS
The 2023
#NobelPrize
in Literature is awarded to the Norwegian author Jon Fosse “for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable.”
With a heavy heart, we announce the passing of our founder, John O'Brien. His contributions to international literature are monumental, and he will be greatly missed by many.
The long-awaited new translation of Shklovsky’s seminal ON THE THEORY OF PROSE just arrived from the printers! Stop by
@deepvellumbooks
for your copy, or order on the new Dalkey Archive website launching later this week!
My darlings, the rumors are true. MISS MACINTOSH MY DARLING is once again a real, physical book in the world, and is making its way to readers. Read more about it here: , and order the book at the link threaded below.
Announcing a special contest for all designers out there! We're going to be reissuing AT SWIM-TWO-BIRDS, EROS THE BITTERSWEET, and MAKING OF AMERICANS in the near future, and we want fantastic new covers for all three. 1/
A book stack every Friday. Today: the incomparable Arno Schmidt, a beautiful German madman who wrote some of the most challenging works of literature.
P.S. I haven’t read Bottom’s Dream or Evening Edged in Gold. I feel like I need to take a year off from work to tackle those two.
If you're the gambling type, you could do much worse than to bet on Dalkey Archive Press and
@DeepVellum
. Three of our beloved authors are in contention for the Nobel Prize, according to
@lithub
:
RIP Keith Waldrop—co-founder of Burning Deck, one of the great avant-garde presses; translator of Baudelaire, Albiach, Roubaud and many more; but above all
"The 2022 relaunch of Dalkey Archive will consist of two major initiatives: first, the reissue of classic backlist books, and second, the publication of new frontlist titles."
10 new Essentials per season, new frontlist fiction AND nonfiction, & a NEW WEBSITE COMING THIS WEEK!
The world needs more Barth content. Which is why we’ve just signed Barth’s latest book (coming this fall), & are re-publishing The Sot-Weed Factor this summer as part of our Essentials series
“Barth and Updike’s communication continued primarily through the mail. Letters of mutually generous appreciation of each other's work were frequent, and they sustained the friendship."
To celebrate the recent re-release of WITTGENSTEIN'S MISTRESS by David Markson (in a sexy new Essentials edition), here's an essay from Philip Coleman about "Re-reading WITTGENSTEIN'S MISTRESS" (with a bit of DFW talk thrown in).
Latest addition to the "Mining the Dalkey Archive" substack from
@chadwpost
is now out! All about Arno Schmidt's BOTTOM'S DREAM, "difficult" books, and one person's attempt to read it all.
Mulligan Stew. Eros the Bittersweet. At Swim-Two-Birds. Wittgenstein's Mistress. Trilogy. All these and so many more are on sale, now through the end of the year. Use the code DALKEYHOLIDAYS for 25% off all Dalkey Archive Essentials (including preorders).
Could we ask for a more attentive, more perceptive reader of MMMD? Thank you,
@_ryanruby_
. (Out of curiosity, do you happen to have a photo of this cartoon you mention?)
Enough about critters who only review novels I don’t read here’s what I’m reading & re-reading today:
Young + Dixon + Levy + Solstad + Blais + Vila-Matas.
We’ve seen a lot of book stacks in the past week or two, but this one, from
@TheIvyBookshop
might be our favorite. “The work they do is truly archival, so that readers like YOU have access to works lost and in the past!”
Do yourself a favor and visit these folks in Baltimore.
@aliner
@JonCone
Returning to report that tonight Jeff Tweedy, appearing on stage in discussion w/ Peter Sagal to launch his current book, name-checked David Markson as a primary influence on his writing. Not surprising, as Tweedy used to let Dalkey Archive set up a merch booth at Wilco shows
Just learning of the passing of the great Argentinian writer Luis Chitarroni (1958-2023), whose No Variations, translated by Darren Koolman, we are honored to have published in 2013
New post from
@chadwpost
at "Mining the Dalkey Archive" about the press's "DNA" and the first title it ever published: Splendide-Hôtel by Gilbert Sorrentino.
"The 2022 relaunch of Dalkey Archive will consist of two major initiatives: first, the reissue of classic backlist books, and second, the publication of new frontlist titles."
10 new Essentials per season, new frontlist fiction AND nonfiction, & a NEW WEBSITE COMING THIS WEEK!
We are so excited to share these monumental works of world literature with all of you. These are quintessential Dalkey Archive books. Reading them will change all of us.
My, what a day. Our congratulations once again to
@transitbooks
and
@FitzcarraldoEds
, to Damion & May-Brit, and, of course, especially to Jon Fosse. Read our press release:
Rest in peace, maestro. Thank you for your work with Dalkey Archive through the years to bring the joys of Arno Schmidt’s books to English language readers around the world. 🙏📚❤️
Heartbroken to learn that the great John E. Woods has died. A resident of Berlin since 2005, he was the brilliant translator of many books by Thomas Mann, Arno Schmidt, Ingo Schulze and others, a master of literary humor, and a kind, convivial, life-loving human being.
Please read this lovely interview with Jon Fosse, by
@MumblinDeafRo
in
@IrishTimes
.
"He speaks warmly of the late John O’Brien at Dalkey Archive, the first press to publish him in English translation."
"John O’Brien and I were friends–he was a great man."
Otohiko Kaga’s Marshland is “an epic novel on a Tolstoyan scale, running from the pre-World War II period to the turbulence of 1960s Japan.” Translated by Albert Novick.
Elizabeth Bowen reviewed At Swim-Two-Birds for the Jul-Sep 1939 issue of literary quarterly Purpose: “If Mr. Flann O’Brien is derivative, he is derivative originally. He has a sense of the comic, but helped out. His language is vivid, his observation subtle, in a way of its own.”
@AEAkinwumi
It’s pretty amazing but—like The Recognitions and other late modernist behemoths—designed to test even the patience of even the most dedicated reader. Glad that Dalkey is bringing it back into print, though!
Honored to find Brendan Riley
@BPRileyCTSp2Eng
on the shortlist for this award with Luis Goytisolo's ANTAGONY. Our hearty congratulations to him and boundless gratitude to the judges
@LitTranslate
. We are in excellent company on this list; read it in full:
The 2023 Spain-USA Foundation Translation Award (SUFTA) shortlist is here! The award, offered with
@spaincultureus
, recognizes translations of prose written by authors of Spanish nationality. The winning translator will receive a $5,000 prize. Congratulations to the shortlistees!
Glorious update from the printers: we're getting new Dalkey Archive Essentials editions of AT SWIM-TWO-BIRDS, EROS THE BITTERSWEET, and PLANETARIUM on the way to our distributor really, really soon. Pre-orders should fill in the coming weeks.
The amazing new Dakey Archive site allows you to look at the published books and those forthcoming.
This is without precedent on a Dalkey Archive website.
Obsessed with the contents of today’s mail.
Galleys of MIRACULOUS TRUE HISTORY and GREY BEES alongside a new Machado de Assis from
@Dalkey_Archive
. Glory. Booksellers/reviewers, hit us up for any of these!
At Letterboxd, I made a list of film adaptations of books published by
@Dalkey_Archive
, as well as some similar adaptations. Check it out and do let me know if I'm missing anything:
RYDER by Djuna Barnes will be out later this summer as part of our "Essentials" series, and to celebrate,
@chadwpost
wrote a piece about the fun of reading her idiosyncratic prose.
hey book LOVERS! 💘 happy v-day from your PAL-entines at Deep Vellum 😘 We have books for every relationship & situationship 💞
Some of the best books (like the best lovers 😉) are the ones that buck trends and resist categories.
What are your fave
#tropes
? 🥵 tag yourselves!
Tonight—join us for a virtual wake & memorial service for Dalkey Archive founder John O'Brien—emceed by longtime friend & colleague Curtis White, who encourages all attendees to savor a Guinness & Irish pub food to honor John & his literary legacy. 8pm EST
Enhorabuena to Brendan Riley, and muchísimas gracias to
@spaincultureus
&
@LitTranslate
! ANTAGONY is a masterpiece, and Riley’s translation is monumental.
Announcing the winner of the 2023 Spain-USA Foundation Translation Award: ANTAGONY by Luis Goytisolo, translated from Spanish by
@BPRileyCTSp2Eng
, pub. by
@Dalkey_Archive
!
ALTA is pleased to offer this prize in partnership with
@spaincultureus
.
#ALTA46
Grateful for readers like you, for reading all the different kinds of works we offer. Thank you! And don’t forget you can order any of our titles from your favorite indie bookstore or directly on our site
Huge news for Russian lit fans:
@Dalkey_Archive
&
@nyrbclassics
are teaming up to publish 8 books by the legendary VLADIMIR SOROKIN over the next 5 years—starting w/ THEIR FOUR HEARTS—all in madman/legendary-translator
@maxdaniellawton
's translations!
Speaking of preorders: we cannot express the full extent of our delight in telling you that there is now an eBook for Miss Macintosh, My Darling. If you preorder now, you'll get a complimentary eBook right away to read while you wait for the hard copy.
Tomorrow, Wednesday, December 9th at 8pm eastern, we will be hosting a virtual memorial service for the late John O'Brien. All the information about registering to attend can be found here:
The beginning of our year of 900-page books properly begins with ANTAGONY, the masterpiece by one of literature’s all time great writers, Juan Goytisolo, brought to us via
@BPRileyCTSp2Eng
’s Herculean, extraordinary translation
Tonight we celebrated the life and legacy of our founder, John O'Brien. Hear his family, friends, and colleagues talk about his life and impact at his virtual wake/memorial service.
"Some ideas are just flying around you. And you can either let them fly, or you can try to catch them. But the question is how to know if what is flying around is the same thing you’re trying to catch." —
@Tractatus2022
Excited to continue the
@Coffee_House_
& Dalkey Archive friendship into our 5th decade—from the earliest days of founders Allan Kornblum & John O'Brien to today's leaders
@willevans
&
@anitrasb
—publishing & sharing so many great authors, including the incomparable Rikki Ducornet!
📚 Today 'The Garden of Seven Twilights', by
@miqueldepalol
is finally out in the bookstores! Translated by
@a_nathanwest
and published by
@Dalkey_Archive
, this book has been met with very positive acclaim
🙌 We hope English-speaking readers enjoy it as much as Catalan ones have
.
@Dalkey_Archive
’s Jon Fosse won a Nobel today on Flann O’Brien’s birthday. John O’Brien would be so pleased, two of his favorite writers of all time intersecting in this funny way.
"Queneau" you want to listen to this podcast. Ha, ha. Jokes aside, an enlivening conversation about two extraordinary books, both out today:
Sally Mara's Intimate Diary, tr. James P. Gosling:
Pierrot Mon Ami, tr. Barbara Wright:
New Three Percent podcast just dropped!
@chrisgclarke1
and
@dlb
joined
@chadwpost
to talk about two Raymond Queneau books out TODAY from
@Dalkey_Archive
: Pierrot Mon Ami (Essentials edition) and Sally Mara's Intimate Journal.