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A BOOK ABOUT MADRAS AND CHENNAI
The late Tamil author Ashokamitran wrote about the Chennai neighborhoods in which he grew up. In this account of life in old Madras, I could feel my…
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STORIES FROM JAPAN
As the year rolls to the end, I reflect upon how literature can enhance a travel experience. My visit to Japan in April felt so much more satisfying…
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A GUATEMALAN WORK ABOUT A PRESIDENT
In this unpleasant Spanish tale about an egomaniacal dictator who kills all who oppose him, no one is a hero and nothing is sacred.
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READING GRANTA
Short fiction from India's regional languages is out in the autumn edition of Granta (173). Included are also thought-provoking essays on a word culled…
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STAYING STILL WITH THE HUMMINGBIRD
And then comes this nuclear bomb of an Italian novel that demands that I keep still and stay with the story that tearing up my insides.
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THIS KILLER JAPANESE THRILLER
In London's Daunt Books, I happened upon a classic Japanese thriller that could only have been set in Japan.
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A WOMAN IN A LEOPARD-SKIN HAT
The back and forth between a woman who is in mental decline and a man who loves her intensely makes us wonder if it's unconditional love or…
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UNPACKING 'UNPACKING MY LIBRARY'
Here are memorable, thought-provoking essays by a German-Jewish philosopher who died trying to flee arrest by the Nazis.
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A FIRST ATTEMPT TO READ BORGES
This tiny dense Spanish book of five short stories and six essays about everything and nothing will never be given away.
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A RUSSIAN SHORT STORY BY TOLSTOY
A brilliant short story by Leo Tolstoy tests our moral center.
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THE EVANESCENCE OF A PERFECT MOMENT
In this Japanese novel about an architect, we begin reflecting on the impermanence of all that is precious at a given time.
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A BENGALI LOVE STORY ABOUT TWO MEN
One of the first openly gay novels penned in Bengali, Sudipto Pal's UNLOVE STORY is a treatise on love and commitment.
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FROM THE TEA ESTATES OF ASSAM
This Assamese story collection is a perfect example of how there can be a concerted effort at translating unknown voices from regions that are not heard…
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UNSURE ABOUT ALL THAT'S WHITE
Han Kang's meditation on loss and grief became a little heavy-handed for me but I'll always want to read this Korean writer's sentences. Of that there…
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LETTERS FROM EVERYWHERE
Every week I read a writer's work in translation and I share my thoughts.
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