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Empty Cages

Empty Cages

Fatma Qandil (trans. Adam Talibv)

By Lit Hub Excerpts | May 30, 2025

Deep Breath

Deep Breath

Rita Halász (trans. Kris Herbert)

By Lit Hub Excerpts | May 29, 2025

"No Flowers"

Mieko Kawakami (trans. David Boyd)

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The Living and the Rest

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José Eduardo Agualusa (trans. Daniel Hahn)

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Only Smoke

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Juan José Millás (trans. Thomas Bunstead and Daniel Hahn)

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Honor Jones

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