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Midway Upon the Journey of Our Life

a novel by Josef Jedlička (2016, Karolinum Press)

Reviews, Interviews, Writings

“4 New Novels Brimming With Historical Drama: Life After Kafka, by Magdaléna Platzová”: New York Times Book Review

“A Literary Cocktail of Fiction, Non-Fiction and Autofiction: On Life After Kafka by Magdaléna Platzová”: Filip Noubel review at Asymptote Journal

“On Life After Kafka, a novel by Magdaléna Platzová, translated from the Czech by Alex Zucker”: Wayne Katan review at On the Seawall

“Life After Kafka: A Novel: What happened to the famed writer’s paramour once he moved on?” Marilyn Oser review at Washington Independent Review of Books

“With Kafka, It’s All Relative”: Carl Rollyson review of Life After Kafka at New York Sun

“Bringing Felice Bauer to Life in Magdaléna Platzová’s Life After Kafka: Alex Zucker on the Importance of Style and Voice in Literary Translation,” at LitHub

Life After Kafka featured in LitHub roundup of books out August 6

Life After Kafka, by Magdaléna Platzová, prepublication review at Historical Novel Society

“The Poison of the Letters”: How Magdaléna Platzová Reclaims Lives, Life After Kafka review at Words Without Borders

“[E]specially and unreservedly recommended,” Life After Kafka prepublication review at Midwest Book Review

Life After Kafka, by Magdaléna Platzová, prepublication review at Publishers Weekly

Life After Kafka, by Magdaléna Platzová, starred review at Library Journal

Translator Alex Zucker on the Harshaneeyam Podcast

A Sensitive Person shortlisted for EBRD Literature Prize 2024

Fiona Graham reviews The Book of Prague: A City in Short Fiction, at European Literature Network

“5 English translations of Czech-language books to put on your autumn reading list,” featuring Bianca Bellová’s The Lake and Petra Hůlová’s The Movement

Translating Voices, Advocating Change: Ibrahim Badshah in Conversation with Alex Zucker, at Gulf Coast

Rosie Goldsmith reviews The Lake, by Bianca Bellová, at European Literature Network

The Lake by Bianca Bellová, translated by Alex Zucker, wins EBRD Literature Prize 2023

The Lake selected as finalist for EBRD Literature Prize 2023

The Lake shortlisted for EBRD Literature Prize 2023

“On A Sensitive Person, a novel by Jáchym Topol, translated from the Czech by Alex Zucker,” by D. W. White at On the Seawall

A taste of Czech literature and translation: a visit from Jáchym Topol and Alex Zucker to the Queen’s Translation Exchange

The Weird Kids Club, by Petra Soukupová, featured at World Kid Lit, Seeking a Publisher, Spring 2023

“Itʼs Just Pourin Outta Me: On Jáchym Topol’s A Sensitive Person,” at Los Angeles Review of Books

My translation of Jáchym Topol’s A Sensitive Person in “The 11 Best Book Covers of January,” at Lit Hub

“Start It Up and Let It Rip: On Jáchym Topol and Alex Zucker’s A Sensitive Person,” at Du Mois Monthly

Excerpt from Translator’s Introduction to the Jáchym Topol novel A Sensitive Person, at Yale University Press Blog

The Movement by Petra Hůlová, in “10 UW-Madison profs share their favorite books of 2022,” at The Capital Times

“The Aral Sea Was Calling for Attention”: An Interview with Bianca Bellová at Words Without Borders

The importance of the translator and changes within Czech literature – Alexandra Büchler interview with Alex Zucker, at Talking Translation

Authors Guild Member Spotlight: Alex Zucker

On the Shores of the Lake: Bianca Bellová in Conversation, at Wales Arts Review

Writer Glen James Brown reviews The Lake by Bianca Bellová, at Wales Arts Review

“Review: The Lake by Bianca Bellová, translated by Alex Zucker,” at Nation.Cymru

The Movement by Petra Hůlová, in “9 Dystopian Novels in Translation to Read Now,” at Words Without Borders

On the Origins of the Authors Guild Translation Model Contract: An Interview With Alex Zucker

Excerpt from the novel Dust Collectors by Lucie Faulerová, translated by Alex Zucker, at Columbia Journal

“Waiting for Dystopia,” review of The Movement and interview with Petra Hůlová, at Transitions Online

Alex Zucker on his translation of Petra Hůlová’s novel The Movement, for Czech Center New York

The Movement by Petra Hůlová, in “7 contemporary Czech novels everyone should read,” at Calvert Journal

The Movement by Petra Hůlová, at Kirkus Reviews

Petra Hůlová, The Movement: Review at Publishers Weekly

Petra Hůlová’s Mongolian family saga All This Belongs to Me: No. 24 in the Radio Prague International series “The Czech Books You Must Read”

Petra Hůlová’s new dystopian feminist novel The Movement featured in “Other Worlds, Other Voices: Reading Translated Science Fiction by Women,” on LitHub

Jáchym Topol’s The Devil’s Workshop – exploring dark chapters of region’s history: No. 19 in the Radio Prague International series “The Czech Books You Must Read”

Petra Hůlová, Three Plastic Rooms: Review by Dr. Helen Vassallo on the Translating Women blog

“Bringing the Literatures of East Central Europe to English-speaking Readers,” September 27, 2019, East Central European Center, Columbia University, NYC – Video, Part 2

“Bringing the Literatures of East Central Europe to English-speaking Readers,” September 27, 2019, East Central European Center, Columbia University, NYC – Video, Part 1

“Alex Zucker: I Don’t Want to Translate Books, I Want to Translate Authors” (Interview with Radio Prague)

Video from launch of Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, by J. R. Pick. May 10, 2018, at Památník ticha Nádraží Bubny, in Prague

“J. R. Pick and a Brilliant Novel of the Holocaust – At Last Available in English: Part 2” (Radio Prague)

“J. R. Pick and a Brilliant Novel of the Holocaust – At Last Available in English: Part 1” (Radio Prague)

“Laughing in the Dark: On J. R. Pick’s Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals,” review at Los Angeles Review of Books

Petra Hůlová, Three Plastic Rooms: Review at TLS

8 Questions for Alex Zucker on Translation Pay, Diversity, Copyright, and More

“Petra Hůlová: Gender agendas”: Interview at Bookanista

“Three Plastic Rooms by Petra Hůlová, translated by Alex Zucker”: Review at EuropeNow

Petra Hůlová’s Three Plastic Rooms in “World Literature Today’s 75 Notable Translations of 2017”

Tomáš Zmeskal’s Love Letter in Cuneiform: Review by Malynne Sternstein at Slavic Review

“Pleasure, Pity, Pain: On Petra Hůlová’s Three Plastic Rooms”: Review at Los Angeles Review of Books

Magdaléna Platzová’s The Attempt in “10 Books about Occupy Wall Street You Need to Read” at Culture Trip

Jáchym Topol’s Angel Station: Review at TLS

Magdaléna Platzová’s The Attempt on Book Culture “Dog Days” Summer Reading List

Jáchym Topol’s Angel Station: Review at Full Stop

Jáchym Topol’s Angel Station: Review at Kirkus Reviews

Tomáš Zmeškal’s Love Letter in Cuneiform: Review at TLS

Magdaléna Platzová’s The Attempt in “75 Notable Translations of 2016” at World Literature Today

Deciphering the Past Through Fiction: Interview with Tomáš Zmeškal at Words Without Borders

Josef Jedlička’s Midway Upon the Journey of Our Life: Review at TLS

Magdaléna Platzová’s The Attempt in “13 Translated Books by Women You Should Read” at Literary Hub

Eagles, Cocks, and Roosters: Alex Zucker on Tomáš Zmeškal’s Love Letter in Cuneiform for Yale University Press

Magdaléna Platzová’s The Attempt: Review at Words Without Borders

Tomáš Zmeškal’s Love Letter in Cuneiform: Review by M. A. Orthofer at The Complete Review

Magdaléna Platzová’s The Attempt: Review in World Literature Today

Tomáš Zmeškal’s Love Letter in Cuneiform: Review at Music & Literature

Magdaléna Platzová’s The Attempt in “Where Are the Women in Translation? Here Are 31 to Read Now,” at Words Without Borders

Stalinist-Era Novella an Overlooked Classic: Josef Jedlička’s Midway Upon the Journey of Our Life

Interview with a Translator: Alex Zucker talks to Molly Odintz of MysteryPeople in Austin, TX

The thrilling, tricky art of translation: BookPage interview with Alex Zucker

Translating Fact Into Fiction: Alex Zucker on Heda Margolius Kovály’s Innocence, for Reading in Translation

Interview with Alex Zucker at Authors & Translators

Selected Works

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