The Italian bestseller list as appearing today in La Stampa daily paper,
book sales 16-22 November 2009.
Aren’t we your heroes?
Altai’s first week: straight to the 5th place
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We are the Wu Ming Foundation. We are a collective of novelists based in Italy. We are the authors of several novels. As of Springtime 2013, four of them are available in English: Q, 54, Manituana and Altai.If you want to know more about us, check these links:
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Yes you are heroes to me. Which means I will have to metaphorically kill you at some point. The way I had to kill James Joyce. The way I had to dispose of Italo Calvino. The way I had to remove Trocchi. The way I still have to murder Beckett and Machen…
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Will Altai be translated into English or should I learn to read Italian? As if Vico, Dante, Calvino, Calasso, Umberto Eco would not be motivation enough.
It will be translated into English and published by Verso, most likely in 2011. But yes, definitely, you should also learn to read Italian! :-)
Dear Sirs,
please could you tell us when Altai will be translated in English and will be available?
Thanks.
Regards.
It is under translation, that’s for sure because we’re in touch with Shaun Whiteside who’s doing the work. As yet, we don’t know when Verso will publish it.
Dear Wus,
I can’t read italian neither. And if I could read it in english, l would prefer to wait the french traduction, if it’s scheduled. Do you know if Metailié will publish it ? (or another publisher)
Thanks,
La Rotative
Unfortunately Altai will not be published in France any time soon. France is the only European country where Q wasn’t successful, it was published and then quickly forgotten. Altai is related to Q, and this is a problem for French publishers.