At the Guardian, Marta Bausells interviews Idra Novey about her life as a translator, the notion of vanishing, and the freedom of speaking another language. On writing her novel, Ways to Disappear, Novey recalls:
I wanted to surprise myself and burn down the house of fiction on every page, as much as I could. … I was wondering, how can you write fiction that is as lyrical and sensual as poetry—and that moves to the next meaningful moment as quickly as poetry does?
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