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Memory and Freedom in Makenzy Orcel’s “The Emperor,” translated from French by Nathan H. Dize
Makenzy Orcel’s “The Emperor,” translated by Nathan H. Dize, is a novel of contradictions. The narrator, who has been deprived for years of his autonomy living under the control of the Emperor, a corrupt religious leader, must use his voice to fully free himself, even though he lives in a “world that brings death to freedom” (11).
Translation as Testimony: On Makenzy Orcel’s “The Immortals,” Translated from French by Nathan Dize
By Jennifer Boum Make You immortalize all the whores of Grand Rue, taken away by this thing. Makenzy Orcel, The Immortals Makenzy Orcel. Nathan Dize. Two writers who have tasked themselves to transform the stories of others as they create language that allows the rendering and relaying of the voices of those who are too […]