Why My Novel Uses Untranslated Chinese

Why My Novel Uses Untranslated Chinese

Esmé Weijun Wang on commiting to the possibility of being unintelligible

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Writing While Translating

Writing While Translating

Idra Novey on Being Suspended Between Languages

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“Seriously Funny” German Literature. Seriously.

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A Preview of The Festival Neue Literatur

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Six Great Contemporary Writers Working in German

Six Great Contemporary Writers Working in German

The Best New Writing at this Weekend's Festival Neue Literatur

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The Vegetarian

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Han Kang, trans. Deborah Smith

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The Pirate

The Pirate

Jón Gnarr, trans. Lytton Smith

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A Brief, Wondrous History of Arabic Literature

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