Paul Filev recently launched his second translation in a series of books by Macedonian writers. His latest, 'Alma Mahler', is a novella by Sasho Dimoski, author of three novels in Macedonian as well as a collection of dramatic texts. The book presents the imagined memories of a talented, passionate woman living in the shadow of a famous husband, the Austrian late-Romantic composer and conductor, Gustav Mahler. Paul Filev succeeds in keeping within close proximity of the original portrayal of the emotional and intellectual sacrifices Alma makes in giving her support to her husband. There is tension throughout as Alma wrestles between her desire to be near genius and her ever-present awareness that in return for her sacrifice she will only ever receive the great man's silence and the pains of solitude. Paul Filev's translation of Alma Mahler is published by Dalkey Archive Press.
Paul Filev, translator, at the launch of his second publication by a Macedonian writer, 'Alma Mahler' by Sasho Dimoski, at the
Brunswick Bound Bookstore on the 5th of May, 2018.
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