Come to a reading of 'This Darkness Will Never End'!

As the official publication date (Apr. 22) of my translation approaches, I bring news of several readings I'll be doing in the Northeast, starting this month. 

I'd also like to share information about buying This Darkness Will Never End if your TBR pile can stand another title! (Links to the usual purchase points are below).

And now that my translation is published, I'm looking to see if there are literary (or history) podcasts that will host me. 

Do you have a podcast? I'm a chatster so the podcast will literally conduct itself.  

(It goes without saying if you have a radio show that covers the arts or books, I'd love to be a guest! I don't mean to single out podcasts -- I'd love to talk about this book wherever there are people who want to know about it).

First, the readings (click on link for details, if available):

Thu., April 24 – I AM Books (Italian bookstore) (Boston)

Mon., May 5 – Philadelphia City Institute Library 

Wed., May 7 -- RJ Julia (Middletown, Conn.)

Sun., May 18 – Newtonville Books (Boston)

 

Wed., May 21 – West Hartford Public Library 

 

Tues., May 27 – Montclair, NJ

Wed., May 28 -- Italian Cultural Institute (NYC)

I've begun to assemble notes for the introduction I'll give at each reading, and in some ways it's hard to know where to begin. What do I want to say about Edith Bruck, the author? And what's the most important aspect of the story of this translation?

Is it that this work captures the thoughts and fictionalized experiences of a Holocaust survivor, namely Edith?

Is it the notion that treasures remain buried in the untranslated book pile?

Is it the fact that the title story almost certainly inspired Roberto Benigni's 1997, Oscar-winning film, "Life Is Beautiful"?

Or do I say something about A.I.? I am embarrassed to say I find literary translation very hard! The work required to complete this book-length translation was monumental -- translating, re-translating, revising, proofing, having someone else look over what I'd done, revising again.

I've neglected to say anything about the plots of the stories, which include a young Jewish girl who's rescued by a boy whose father is a Nazi, and a young woman who's forced to live with a distant aunt after World War II swallows up her family, and she finds solace in French poetry.

So much I'd like to say. As I mentioned above, maybe someone could invite me on a podcast!

HOW TO BUY

The book will be officially published on April 22 but you can order it directly from the publisher and it will be shipped to you immediately:

https://www.pauldrybooks.com/products/this-darkness-will-never-end

Or you can buy it from Bookshop:

https://bookshop.org/p/books/this-darkness-will-never-end/21622230

Amazon has it, too.

https://www.amazon.com/This-Darkness-Will-Never-End/dp/1589882016

Thanks to everyone who has bought the book or cheered me on! You have contributed to bringing the stories of Edith Bruck to a wider audience.

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Jeanne on a podcast talking about writing

I'm embarrassed to say I forgot about this! But the kind folks at the Personal Element Podcast featured my New York Times' essay about recording Leo on their podcast.

https://personalelementpodcast.com/episode-1-lorem-ipsum/

It was their very first episode. Since then, they've featured a number of writers, including Rachel Zemach and Diana Xin. What's cool is the hosts talk about your essay. It exists separately from you!

Link to original essay here.

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