Revisiting ‘Bridget Jones’s Diary’ Plus the Art of Literary Translation Elisabeth Egan and Tina Jordan talk about Helen Fielding’s novel, and Gregory Cowles and Juliana Barbassa discuss all things translation.
Looking Back at ‘Bridget Jones’s Diary’ Helen Fielding’s ditzy heroine was all the rage when she was introduced to American audiences in 1998. Today, her nuttiness and self-loathing read like a relic from another time.