FiveBooks Newsletter 87

Links to all our original FiveBooks interviews of the week before, plus
a pick of the best content on The Browser.
[1]FiveBooks weekly newsletter: Links to all our original FiveBooks
interviews of the week before, plus a pick of the best content on The
Browser.
Links:
1. http://thebrowser.com

FiveBooks at The Browser

Don't miss our interview today with award-winning literary translator
[5]Edith Grossman. She recommends five books on or of translation that
she loves, and shares insights about translation as the medium for
literary influence.
Links:
5. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/edith-grossman-on-translation

Also on the site: security guru [6]Bruce Schneier reflects on the
relationship between security and trust; historian [7]Gabriel Piterberg
turns a critical eye on Zionism; [8]David Goodhart discusses
immigration and multiculturalism; and best-selling author [9]Sam Bourne
picks five classic thrillers.
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/bruce-schneier-on-trust
7. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/gabriel-piterberg-on-zionism-and-anti-zionism
8. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/david-goodhart-on-immigration-and-multiculturalism
9. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/sam-bourne-on-classic-thrillers

Keep following FiveBooks for more reading inspiration, including
Nicholas Carr on the Information Age and the Right Reverend Lord
Richard Harries on Christianity. Thanks for reading us!

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[10]Edith Grossman on Translation
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/edith-grossman-on-translation

Friday February 24

The award-winning literary translator discusses books on and of
translation that inspired her, and considers the trade-off between
fidelity and meaning that every translator faces [11]Continue reading…
Links:
11. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/edith-grossman-on-translation

[12]Bruce Schneier on Trust
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/bruce-schneier-on-trust

Thursday February 23

Modern society depends on trust more than we realise, and the basis for
that trust is security. The trick, says the security guru, is
preserving the forces that allow us to trust one another, while also
knowing who not to trust [13]Continue reading…
Links:
13. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/bruce-schneier-on-trust

[14]Gabriel Piterberg on Zionism and Anti-Zionism
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/gabriel-piterberg-on-zionism-and-anti-zionism

Wednesday February 22

An Israeli historian, who rejects Zionism, tells us about works of
scholarship that have challenged the Zionist Israeli narrative of
modern history [15]Continue reading…
Links:
15. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/gabriel-piterberg-on-zionism-and-anti-zionism

[16]David Goodhart on Immigration and Multiculturalism
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/david-goodhart-on-immigration-and-multiculturalism

Tuesday February 21

Managing immigration has become a key political question of our times.
The author of a forthcoming book on the subject tells us about the
British experience, and what helps multiculturalism succeed or fail
[17]Continue reading…
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/david-goodhart-on-immigration-and-multiculturalism

[18]Sam Bourne on Classic Thrillers
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/sam-bourne-on-classic-thrillers

Monday February 20

The bestselling author of The Righteous Men tells us how his other job
as a political journalist helps with thriller writing, and what makes
le Carré, Forsyth and Buchan such masters of their trade [19]Continue
reading…
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/sam-bourne-on-classic-thrillers

[20]The Sense Of An Ending
Links:
20. http://b.rw/zSyLPm

Stephen Holmes & Ivan Krastev | Transit / Eurozine | 17 February 2012

"By engineering rigged elections that nobody bothered or dared to
protest, Putin managed to conceal his regime's deepest secret, namely
that Russia, rather than being misgoverned, is governed very laxly if
at all" [21]More like this
Links:
21. http://thebrowser.com/best