Night Bioscope
“Night Bioscope”[1] by Yoko Tawada TRANSIT Vol. 13, No. 1 Translated by Aaron Carpenter and Jon Cho-Polizzi [Related Links: Aaron Carpenter and Jon Cho-Polizzi’s introduction; Deniz Göktürk’s section introduction; Elizabeth Sun’s translation “Ten Years After Fukushima”] Download PDF A man stood before me, he pointed with his pointer finger approximately at the place where his […]
Translator Introduction
TRANSIT Vol. 13, No. 1 Aaron Carpenter and Jon Cho-Polizzi [Related Links: The translation of Yoko Tawada’s “Night Bioscope” by Aaron Carpenter and Jon Cho-Polizzi; Deniz Göktürk’s section introduction; Elizabeth Sun’s translation “Ten Years After Fukushima”] Download PDF Yoko Tawada’s short story “Bioskoop der Nacht” from her 2002 collection Überseezungen remains prescient in a world which […]
The Hour of Assembly
by Zafer ŞenocakTRANSIT Vol. 13, No. 1 Translated by Oliver Arter and Elizabeth Sun [Related Links: Deniz Göktürk’s introduction; a collaborative translation of Zafer Şenocak’s “The Other Side of Things” by Deniz Göktürk’s seminar; Kristin Dickinson’s translations of Zafer Şenocak’s “Empty Archives – Lost Letters” and “Church Bells in Istanbul”; Elizabeth Sun’s translation of Yoko […]
Church Bells in Istanbul
by Zafer Şenocak TRANSIT Vol. 13, No. 1 Translated by Kristin Dickinson Excerpt from Das Fremde, das in jedem wohnt: Wie Unterschiede unsere Gesellschaft zusammenhalten [The Foreign Dwells in Everyone: How Differences Keep Our Society Together] (Hamburg: Edition Koerber, 2018) [Related Links: Deniz Göktürk’s introduction; Kristin Dickinson’s translation of “Empty Archives – Lost Letters” from […]
Together
Click here to visit the full volume of Your Homeland Is Our Nightmare (2021). by Simone Dede Ayivi TRANSIT vol. 12, no. 2 Translated by EM Sandberg Download PDF Ever since I’ve been able to think, I’ve been writing shitlists: Capitalism is on there. Racism, sexism. But also no champagne after premieres, drunk people on […]
Gegenwartsbewältigung [Overcoming The Present]
Click here to visit the full volume of Your Homeland Is Our Nightmare (2021). by Max Czollek TRANSIT vol. 12, no. 2 Translated by Jon Cho-Polizzi Download PDF A short while back, I received the following email: “We would like to invite you to a debate. Our topic is: How does one deal with German […]
Food
Click here to visit the full volume of Your Homeland Is Our Nightmare (2021). by Vina Yun TRANSIT vol. 12, no. 2 Translated by Thomas B. Fuhr and Wojtek Gornicki Download PDF “Oh, yeah, yeah,” K-Pop superstar Jay Park croons. “Oh, the wholesome samgyetang, the sweet-and-sour galbi jjim. Haemul pajeon on rainy days, andong jjimdak […]
Privileges
Click here to visit the full volume of Your Homeland Is Our Nightmare (2021). by Olga Grjasnowa TRANSIT vol. 12, no. 2 Translated by Allison García Download PDF One of the greatest privileges in life is the ability to choose who you want to be. There is a kind of privilege that lies in the […]
Looks
Click here to visit the full volume of Your Homeland Is Our Nightmare (2021). by Hengameh Yaghoobifarah TRANSIT vol. 12, no. 2 Translated by Jonas Teupert Download PDF A friend and I walk through the museum quarter of a West-German city, surrounded by a bunch of tourists. There are plenty of exhibitions, but none can […]
Trust
Click here to visit the full volume of Your Homeland Is Our Nightmare (2021). by Deniz Utlu TRANSIT vol. 12, no. 2 Translated by Jon Cho-Polizzi Download PDF – 1 – The year I took my high school exit exams,[1] U.S. forces brought Murat Kurnaz of Bremen, Germany to Guantánamo, mistakenly believing him to be […]