I was tremendously excited by a letter I received a
few weeks ago from the Aschehoug Publishing House in Norway. Here is what it
said:
Our education department is currently working on a new edition
of REFLECTIONS, which is a textbook for learners of English in Norwegian upper
secondary schools who are taking an in-depth course in English language studies and key issues related to
culture and society in the English-speaking world. English-language literature forms part of the curriculum
requirements for this course, and in addition to text written by the authors
themselves, the book will also serve as an anthology of English-language
literature. The authors of the book are Hellevi Haugen, Julia Kagge, Jan Erik
Mustad, Nora Nordan, Ulla Rahbek, Audun Rugset, and Sigrid Brevik Wangsness.
REFLECTIONS was published in 2008 and needs to be revised and
updated. We would like to include the short story Mischief In Neta Nagar by Altaf Tyrewala in the new edition, which will be called NEW REFLECTIONS. We
found the short story here:
I put Altaf in touch with them immediately – which was a
minorly thrilling adventure in itself. The Norwegians needed a response urgently
and Altaf’s internet was being gimpy so he hadn’t responded. I had to send
urgent messages to lovely friends of Out of Print, Chandrahas Choudhury and
Annie Zaidi for alternate ways to get the message across, and – I’d like to
throw in a car chase or a shady alleyway scene, but – it was all quite
straightforward after that.
Altaf tells me that everything has gone smoothly and he only
awaits the delivery of New Reflections.
No comments:
Post a Comment