A book presentation on the English translation of two books by Louis Couperus, the famous Dutch novelist. Across the Luminous Realms and Other Stories from Legends, Myths, & Fantasy is a masterful translation of the renowned Dutch author Louis Couperus' finest symbolist and fairy tales. The collection brings together twelve of his most celebrated works, where the boundaries of the real and the supernatural blur, drawing readers into a world where fate, spirituality, and the forces of destiny shape every character's journey.
 
The book showcases the enchanting yet haunting beauty of Couperus’ symbolic world, where each story is a journey into the unknown, challenging the reader to reflect on the delicate interplay between fate, free will, and spiritual transcendence.

This book event is suitable for everyone who is interested in Couperus’ work, both English and Dutch speakers, college & university students, and all book lovers. Learn about Couperus’ existential worldview, his legacy to Dutch Literature, appreciate his work, know his themes that are relevant even today.

"Chaitali Sengupta’s translation is as rich and emotive as the original, offering an authentic introduction to the work of one of the greats in Dutch literature to an international audience."
Robin Pascoe, Editor, Dutch News

"Sengupta has done Couperus’ text full justice, making a number of relatively unknown but culturally, historically very interesting stories accessible to a wide English-reading audience."
Mary G. Kemperink, prof. (em.) Dutch Modern Literature (University of Groningen)

About the author:
Chaitali Sengupta is a writer and translator of fiction, poetry, and non-fiction. Also a reviewer and journalist, her most recent poetry collection, The Crossings, poems on war, migration & survival, a powerful exploration of these themes—was named Runner-Up at the London Book Festival 2024. An experienced translator, she has three published translations to her credit.

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