Rise's Reviews > If This Be Treason: Translation and its Dyscontents

A memoir by wunderkind translator Gregory Rabassa, the book details his childhood intimations of a facility for languages and his initiation into the art of translation. It also describes, lovingly, his various relationships with authors he translated, the background information on the books he worked on, and his candid estimations of each of his translated author or book. What makes the book very palatable to me, other than Rabassa's priceless interactions with diverse writers, is the inside stories in the process of translation. The book is priceless in this score.

You can view Rabassa's very impressive résumé here.