Jul 19

Zorgamazoo…in German?

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The latest from Way of the West, the official blog of Robert P. Weston (Nara-ken, 2002-04), the Toronto-based author of the rhyming children’s novel Zorgamazoo:

Good news, everyone: I’ve had an offer to publish Zorgamazoo in Germany!

Jacoby and Stuart wants to have the book out in Spring of 2010, and in hardcover, no less.  Because of the challenging translation presented by Zorgamazoo, they’re currently on the search for a well-known, well-experienced translator.

Whoever they find, may I wish them the very best of luck! I don’t expect it’ll be easy.

(JetWit is still stuck on the question of how one would pronounce “Zorgamazoo” in German?)