Book review
Jaroslav Špirk. Censorship, indirect translation and non-translation: The (fateful) adventures of Czech literature in 20th-century Portugal
Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014. xi, 190 pp.

Reviewed by Hanna Pięta
University of Lisbon
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Over the last decade, there has been a significant growth in scholarly publications in English dealing with translation in inter-peripheral literary exchanges. This is especially evident in the publication of a number of recent individual articles (e.g., Linn 2005; Vimr 2006; Pięta 2012; Pinto 2013; Seruya 2013; Hacohen 2014) and special issues (e.g., Tahir Gürçağlar and Pokorn 2013; Seruya and Pięta, forthcoming). Jaroslav Špirk’s book, which focuses on the history of Portuguese translations of Czech literature, is an important part of this upsurge.

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