A Book in Translation

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Updated March 3, 2025
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Mouthful of birds : stories
Schweblin, Samanta
Paper Book
"Superb" -- Vogue "What makes Schweblin so startling as a writer, however, what makes her rare and important, is that she is impelled not by mere talent or ambition but by vision." -- New York Times A powerful, eerily unsettling story collection...
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 "Extraordinary. Tokarczuk's novel is funny, vivid, dangerous, and disturbing...
Pink slime : a novel
Trías, Fernanda
Paper Book
Longlisted for the NATIONAL BOOK AWARD for Translated Literature * Named a BEST BOOK of 2024 by NPR, Esquire, Publishers Weekly, and ScreenRant * "The disconcerting familiarity of this strange, windswept world will haunt you." --Esquire A hair...

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