Ali al-Muqri: رواية (Hurma)
The latest addition to my website is Ali al-Muqri's 's رواية (Hurma). It tells the story of how women are repressed in Yemen and their struggles to improve their lot.…
German Sadulaev: Я — чеченец! (I am a Chechen!)
The latest addition to my website is German Sadulaev's Я — чеченец! (I am a Chechen!). As the title tells us, this book is written by a Chechen. A lot…
Mouna-Hodan Ahmed: Les Enfants du khat [The Children of Khat])
The latest addition to my website is Mouna-Hodan Ahmed's Les Enfants du khat [The Children of Khat]. Asli is a twenty-twenty old Djiboutian woman. Her father, like alll too many…
Jurij Koch: Der Kirschbaum (The Cherry Tree)
The latest addition to my website is Jurij Koch's Der Kirschbaum (The Cherry Tree). This is the first Sorbian novel translated into English. Sorbia is a Slavonic enclave in Germany.…
Jean-Baptiste Andrea:Veiller sur elle [Watch Over Her]
The latest addition to my website is Jean-Baptiste Andrea's Veiller sur elle [Watch Over Her]/. This novel won the Prix Goncourt in 2023. It tells the story iof Mimo (real…
Robert Irwin: Tom’s Version
The latest addition to my website is Robert Irwin's Tom’s Version. This is a sort of follow-up to his previous book The Runes Have Been Cast but it stands on…
Daniel Kehlmann: Lichtspiell [Cinema]
The latest addition to my website is Daniel Kehlmann's Lichtspiell [Cinema]. The book gives us episodes from the life of Austrian film director G. W. Pabst, who discovered Greta Garbo,…
Sonallah Ibrahim: 1970 (The Last Days)
The latest addition to my website is Sonallah Ibrahim's 1970 (The Last Days).Tthe book tells of the last few months of the life of Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser. While…
Ghassan Zaqtan: النقل القديم مع الستائر، (An Old Carriage with Curtains)
The latest addition to my website is Ghassan Zaqtan's نقل القديم مع الستائر، (An Old Carriage with Curtains). This is an episodic novel with the narrator recounting episodes of his…