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“Grossman and others like her continue to offer us enlightenment. . . .[the subject] is passionately explored and patiently explained.”–Richard Howard, New York Times Book Review (Richard Howard New York Times Book Review )“Edith Grossman, the Glenn Gould of translators, has written a superb book on the art of the literary translation.  Even Walter Benjamin is surpassed by her insights into her task, which she rightly sees as imaginatively independent. This should become a classic text.”—Harold Bloom (Harold Bloom )

Why Translation Matters argues for the cultural importance of translation and for a more encompassing and nuanced appreciation of the translator’s role. As the acclaimed translator Edith Grossman writes in her introduction, “My intention is to stimulate a new consideration of an area of literature that is too often ignored, misunderstood, or misrepresented.”For Grossman, translation has a transcendent importanc (more…)

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