Subterranean homesick blues
Jessa Crispin talks to one of Cortazar's translators:
"Literature in translation may always be low-profile in bookshops, but what can lead to even greater frustration for McLean is the simple lack of appreciation for a writer who is one of her favorites.
“In decent bookshops you see Hopscotch and Blow-Up, and in really good ones, you might find a few more. But [Cortazar] has become an obscure author in English, which Spanish and Latin American readers find pretty hard to believe.”'
Also Bengali Babu readers of a certain generation. "Phaark this Marquezh-da and Neru-da! Habh you read Cortazar? Na? Shome people have no shame, calling themselves readers weethout reading heem, hiyaar, take my copy, iph you get coffee shtains on it I weel keel you."
It's been almost 17 years, but Bishnu Ghose, if you're reading this...thank you and I owe you a copy of The Diary of Andres Fava.






