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"The book is economical and careful with words. Every sentence is a sensory jolt to the reader — heavy with meaning that must be unpacked and savored." Saheli Khastagir reviews Kim Thúy's EM (@7StoriesPress). https://t.co/yVbXZlUzOX https://t.co/sLi3jygtEP

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Deborah Iwabuchi interviews @bnavasky about translating How Do You Live? (@WorkmanPub), the 1937 classic by Genzaburo Yoshino, favorite of Hayao Miyazaki. https://t.co/JOfeGhNj5K

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A problematic translation of Sabahattin Ali's classic, Madonna in a Fur Coat: "Freely/Dawe represent what they have produced as a translation when, by any fair definition of the word, it isn’t," from the FS Quarterly https://t.co/JS8hfCBn3s(opens in a new tab) https://t.co/apjpGXdKuN

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"An assault by noise is no different than an assault by physical force." Patrick Duane reviews Antonio Di Benedetto's THE SILENTIARY from @nyrbclassics translated by @estherlallen: https://t.co/gaHQfFdokz https://t.co/FAMueSzhuD

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"With comics, for better or worse, you can’t really hide from who you are." For our latest interview, Paul Morton talked w/ Nick Drnaso—the first graphic novelist to be nominated for the Man Booker Prize—about his new book, ACTING CLASS (@DandQ): https://t.co/8EDl62W7sx. https://t.co/2SAT5V4Bfd

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"Does the speaker’s desire result from or precede the condition of being an immigrant in a hostile society?" @angelosmao reviews CUSTOMS by #SolmazSharif (@GraywolfPress): https://t.co/3Qid9WvUFa https://t.co/9i9rnPkwMC

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"Annette risked her life for a country that imprisoned and ridiculed her . . ." Emily Hershman reviews Anne Weber's EPIC ANNETTE, a retelling of the life of French communist Anne Beaumanoir in verse, tr. from the German by Tess Lewis (@PressIndigoThe): https://t.co/0RCexYlgg9.

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"Kazbek weaves the fairy tale’s threads into a larger queer narrative to complicate questions of gender and sexuality." @camclind reviews LITTLE FOXES TOOK UP MATCHES by Katya Kazbek (@Tin_House): https://t.co/AaSofLuD9n. https://t.co/bsPMgVUYHF

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LUCKY BREAKS (@NewDirections) by Yevgenia Belorusets, translated by Eugene Ostashevsky, reviewed by Caroline Reagan. https://t.co/uFuOVMO9su https://t.co/azreLuxPEQ

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"This short book is the seed from which the later masterpiece emerged." @LOLGluckstadt reviews Osamu Dazai's THE FLOWERS OF BUFFOONERY, tr. by Sam Bett (@NewDirections), written 13 years before its bestselling sequel(?)/prequel(?), NO LONGER HUMAN: https://t.co/DXkbohUpeN.