Wednesday, November 7, 2018

Brazilian, Portuguese, and Swedish Translations of Killing Commendatore

 


Rita Kohl's Brazilian Portuguese translation of Killing Commendatore is coming out on November 23 from Alfaguara. Also in November, a Portuguese translation through English by Ana Lourenço and Maria João Lourenço will be released by Casa Das Letras. It seems that the Brazilian title refers to the "assassination" of the Commendatore, while the Portuguese one to his "death." It also appears that the Portuguese cover is using the mainland Chinese design (shown on the right).



 

Above are the covers of the Swedish translation from Norstedts by Vibeke Emond. The first volume came out on October 17, and the second one will be appearing in February 2019. It seems that all three cover designers have opted for the red, white and black color scheme.

It is very exciting that so many European translations are coming out more or less at the same time as the English translation. Things have really changed starting with 1Q84, which was the first Murakami novel to came out in a number of European languages before the English translation appeared.