Nina Schuyler's Books
Jul.01.2013
“Schuyler writes with piercing intelligence and real insight into the complex worlds of literary translation and human relationships.” — Ellen Sussman, author of the New York Times bestselling novel, French Lessons
In silken prose and with subtle suspense, Nina Schuyler brings us a mesmerizing novel of language and translation, memory loss and heartbreak, and the...
Oct.01.2004
In 1869 Japan, a young woman escapes the confines of her arranged marriage by painting memories of the man she loves on mulberry paper. When her husband, a talented potter and government official, arranges for his next delivery of wares to Europe, she hides her painting in the shipment.
In France, a disenchanged young man works as a clerk at an import shop. When he opens the wooden...
About Nina
I'm thrilled my next novel, THE TRANSLATOR, will be published July, 2013 by Pegasus Books. My first novel, THE PAINTING, was named by the San Francisco Chronicle as a Best Book for 2004 and by MSNBC as a “fearless debut.” It also was nominated for a Northern...
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Causes Nina Schuyler Supports
Environment California
Sierra Club
National Resources Defense Council
Nina’s Favorite Books
To the Lighthouse, Virginia Woolf
Let the Great World Spin, Colum McCann
The Death of the Adversary, Hans Keilson
Elizabeth Costello, J.M. Coetzee
Jazz, Toni...