{ "item_title" : "Problems of Translation", "item_author" : [" Jim Story "], "item_description" : "...A MERRY, YEARLONG CHASE AROUND THE GLOBE....--Kirkus Reviews Exceptional, original, deftly crafted from beginning to end, ... an inherently fascinating, unique, funny, and compelling read ...very highly recommended....--Midwest Book Review A comic masterpiece Poignant Pretty much perfectly doneand A Shelf Unbound 2015 Notable BookCharles Abel Baker--short story writer and a most unlikely middle-aged hero--sets off around the world on a quest to see one of his short stories translated into ten different languages and back again into English, a sort of literary version of the old party game telephone. In Moscow, St. Petersburg, Siberia, China, India, Iceland, Japan, Mexico, and more, Charlie's round-the-world peregrinations are comical, romantic and, at times, hair-raising.Problems of Translation is a cloak-and-dagger adventure, a love story, and a bracing ride for the language buff. Its naïve hero's quixotic mission will ultimately transform Charlie and those around him. And along the way, Charlie--lonely, divorced--comes to love and be loved by a generous, complicated woman, and at last to understand what drove him to undertake this journey.Who knew that literary translation could be so perilous? So romantic? So downright funny? A rousing hybrid and a great read, Problems of Translation is as stimulating as it is entertaining.An insanely amusing adventure that has a deep love of language at its belly-shaking core.-Gary Shteyngart, author of Little Failure and A Super Sad True Love StoryJim Story's name says it all: he was meant to be a writer...I hope everyone reads this book!-Hannah Tinti, author of The Good Thief; editor-in-chief of One StoryIn this comic masterpiece...we take a wild ride...through the underside of the literary world...as [Charlie] stumbles and careens into all kinds of trouble in and obsessive pursuit of hid Dream.-Robert Roth, author of Health Proxy; editor, co-creator of And ThenA fascinating look at the issues of translation, publishing, and an unglamorous middle-age.-Edith Grossman, author of Why Translation Matters; award-winning translator of Cervantes, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and others...Marvelous touches of...poignancy that don't...delay the progress of the story toward it's delectable conclusion...pretty much perfectly done.-Ron Story (no relation), Emeritus Professor, UMass Amherst; author of Jonathan Edwards and the Gospel of Love", "item_img_path" : "https://covers1.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/0/98/623/820/0986238201_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "16.00", "online_price" : "16.00", "our_price" : "16.00", "club_price" : "16.00", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }

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