A Book in Translation

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Updated March 3, 2025
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Celestial bodies = Sayyidat al-qamar
ı̀Þ♯rith♯±, J¿±khah
Paper Book
My brilliant friend
Ferrante, Elena
Paper Book
The story of Elena and Lila begins in the 1950s in a poor but vibrant neighbourhood on the outskirts of Naples. They learn to rely on each other and discover that their destinies are bound up in the intensity of their relationship. Elena Ferrante's piercingly honest portrait of two girls'...
Signs preceding the end of the world
Herrera, Yuri
Paper Book
From the author of "A Silent Fury," available Summer 2020. Signs Preceding the End of the World is one of the most arresting novels to be published in Spanish in the last ten years. Yuri Herrera does not simply write about the border between Mexico and the United States and...
Convenience store woman
Murata, Sayaka
Paper Book
"Keiko has never really fitted in. At school and university people find her odd and her family worries she'll never be normal. To appease them, Keiko takes a job at a newly opened convenience store. Here, she finds peace and purpose in the simple, daily tasks and routine interactions. She is, she...
Frankenstein in baghdad
Saadawi, Ahmed
Paper Book
  WINNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL PRIZE FOR ARABIC FICTION WINNER OF THE KITSCHIES GOLDEN TENTACLE AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE
Drive your plow over the bones of the dead
Tokarczuk, Olga
Paper Book
WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE New York Times Readers Pick- 100 Best Books of the 21st Century 'A brilliant literary murder mystery.' Chicago Tribune A subversive, entertaining noir novel from one of Poland's most...

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