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I still don't understand why they had to go to Scotland; unless they were looking for literature written in Gaelic which hasn't yet been translated into English. Is there any?
I would guess they went to Scotland because Hemon, editing, liked what he read. Dalkey Archive aren't just about translation as we've seen in both their American Literature/British Literature series. Subsequent years may see British writers drop out and, who knows, Czech, Moldovan, and Belarusian writers drop in.

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unless they were looking for literature written in Gaelic which hasn't yet been translated into English. Is there any?
Very little that I'm aware of. This came out a few years ago, though.
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