Maj - Verdens bedste forfatter, ny oversættelse, besøg af Mette holm Så får alle Murakami-elskere snart i pose og sæk. Mette Holm besøger Thiemers Magasin med den nye Murakami oversættelse: Kafka på stranden Om ganske kort tid udkommer verdens bedste forfatter med en ny roman på engelsk: After Dark Næsten samtidig udkommer Klim med en ny dansk oversættelse. Dgang er det den fremragende "Kafka på stranden", som Mette Holm har haft igennem hendes fantastiske oversætterhænder. "Kafka på stranden" udkommer 18. maj, og i den forbindelse har vi fået lov til at give lidt rabat på bogen. Dette gælder kun på udgivelsesdagen, men til gengæld hele dagen.. D. 24. maj kl. 17.30 kommer Mette Holm forbi og fortæller om oversættelsen af "Kafka på stranden", hun har desuden også noget Raymond Chandler på hjertet, og mon ikke vi kan lokke lidt ud af hende om Murakamis nye engelske bog. Uddrag fra den engelske After Dark: EXCERPT Chapter One: 11:56 p.m. Eyes mark the shape of the city. Through the eyes of a high-flying night bird, we take in the scene from midair. In our broad sweep, the city looks like a single gigantic creature—or more like a single collective entity created by many intertwining organisms. Countless arteries stretch to the ends of its elusive body, circulating a continuous supply of fresh blood cells, sending out new data and collecting the old, sending out new consumables and collecting the old, sending out new contradictions and collecting the old. To the rhythm of its pulsing, all parts of the body flicker and flare up and squirm. Midnight is approaching, and while the peak of activity has passed, the basal metabolism that maintains life continues undiminished, producing the basso continuo of the city’s moan, a monotonous sound that neither rises nor falls but is pregnant with foreboding. Our line of sight chooses an area of concentrated brightness and, focusing there, silently descends to it—a sea of neon colors. They call this place an “amusement district.” The giant digital screens fastened to the sides of buildings fall silent as midnight approaches, but loudspeakers on storefronts keep pumping out exaggerated hip-hop bass lines. A large game center crammed with young people; wild electronic sounds; a group of college students spilling out from a bar; teenage girls with brilliant bleached hair, healthy legs thrusting out from micromini skirts; dark-suited men racing across diagonal crosswalks for the last trains to the suburbs. Even at this hour, the karaoke club pitchmen keep shouting for customers. A flashy black station wagon drifts down the street as if taking stock of the district through its black-tinted windows. The car looks like a deep-sea creature with specialized skin and organs. Two young policemen patrol the street with tense expressions, but no one seems to notice them. The district plays by its own rules at a time like this. The season is late autumn. No wind is blowing, but the air carries a chill. The date is just about to change. Author spotlight Haruki Murakami was born in Kyoto in 1949 and now lives near Tokyo. His work has been translated into thirty-eight languages. The most recent of his many honors is the Franz Kafka Prize. Tilbage til 'Arrangementer'