WIT Spotlight: Ashley Nelson Levy on Dola de Jong

“When I first read Dola de Jong’s 1954 queer classic, The Tree and the Vine, on submission, I had concerns about the outdated translation but felt eager to put in an offer quickly because I’d fallen for it, and hard. Acquisitions bring out the drama in me.”

Blog, Translated FictionTransit BooksAugust 18, 2020Dola de Jong, Ashley Nelson Levy, Kristen Gehrman, The Tree and the Vine, #womenintranslation, Dutch Women in Translation

Dola de Jong in The New York Times

The New York Times reviews Dola de Jong’s midcentury queer classic, The Tree and the Vine (tr. Kristen Gehrman).

Transit NewsTransit BooksJune 3, 2020Dola de Jong, Kristen Gehrman, The New York Times, Lidija Haas

May Newsletter

Our May newsletter, featuring a reviews of Dola de Jong’s The Tree and the Vine in The New York Times and Harper’s, and introducing Grove by Esther Kinsky.