Levé has a unique way of inviting his readers into his melancholy; reading this, I was reminded of Suicide and what I can only term—and this is a project on which I’m currently working as well—Levé’s performance of melancholy. While many people feel that depression, melancholy, and despair are highl...
Art of Translation #4 & #5 are contained here, and while the fiction is good and all (plus the first part of a new serialized novel), these interviews were the high point.
Elena Ferrante interview. Lydia Davis interview. Those two things make the issue.