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Home | Blog |  On Translation
On Translation

New Translations in May

May 13, 2014
by WLT

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As you’re building your summer reading lists, don’t forget these new translations.

 

Seven Lives and One Great Love: The Memoirs of a CatSeven Lives and One Great Love: The Memoirs of a Cat

Lena Divani

Konstantine Matsoukas, tr.

(Europa Editions)

 

 

Why I Killed My Best FriendWhy I Killed My Best Friend

Amanda Michalopoulou

Karen Emmerich, tr.

(Open Letter Books)

 

 

  

The Iraqi NightsThe Iraqi Nights

Dunya Mikhail

Kareem James Abu-Zeid, tr.

(New Directions)

 

 

The Secret of EvilThe Secret of Evil

Roberto Bolaño

Chris Andrews & Natasha Wimmer, tr.

(New Directions) 


 

Compartment No. 6Compartment No. 6

Rosa Liksom

Lola Rogers, tr.

(Serpent’s Tail)

 

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