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‘The Slackers and Other Stories’: Earnest purpose, useful lessons and enjoyable reading
July 19, 2022The Slackers, comprising five separate short stories, presents small slices of historical fiction about the land the Romans called “Lusitania.”
Read moreManuel Tiago’s ‘The Slackers’: A conversation with the translator
June 14, 2022An interview with translator Eric Gordon about the latest in International Publishers' Manuel Tiago series of books.
Read more‘Ballad of an American: The Autobiography of Earl Robinson’ back in print
March 18, 2022Ballad of an American: The Autobiography of Earl Robinson has just been reissued in a new paperback edition.
Read more‘Border Crossings’: Thirteen stories about covert journeys in service to Portuguese freedom
February 04, 2022These thirteen stories about covert journeys in service to world socialism reveal the risks and rewards of “underground work,” a branch of Party activity that, as the author reminds us, was fundamental to the 20th-century liberation struggle. Appearing for the first time in English, the stories represent the latest stage of Eric Gordon’s ongoing and valuable translation project, which will eventually make Manuel Tiago’s full oeuvre—nine volumes of fiction (compressed...
Read moreManuel Tiago’s ‘Border Crossings’: People’s World interviews the translator
December 21, 2021The latest volume in International Publishers' Manuel Tiago series, Border Crossings, has just been released. PW talks with Eric Gordon, the English translator.
Read more‘The 3rd Floor and Other Stories of the Portuguese Resistance’ in English
November 29, 2021This is a book to read and better still, to share with others.
Read moreVolume 3 of Manuel Tiago’s fiction appears: An interview with the translator
October 05, 2021People's World talks with Eric Gordon on the latest translation in the Manuel Tiago series of novels from International Publishers.
Read morePortuguese fascist prison novel speaks to the incarceration experience everywhere
June 10, 2021There is one thing that unites all of those in prison: “Whoever they are, they’re gonna wanna get out.”
Read more‘The Six-Pointed Star,’ novel by Manuel Tiago (Álvaro Cunhal) in adept English
May 26, 2021The second in a series of English translations of the novels of Portuguese anti-fascist fighter Alvaro Cunhal.
Read moreÁlvaro Cunhal’s prison novel ‘The Six-Pointed Star’—A chat with the translator
February 26, 2021The English translator of the latest Cunhal/Tiago novel shares the background to this epic story of life behind bars in fascist Portugal.
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