New Translations in May
May 13, 2014
As you’re building your summer reading lists, don’t forget these new translations.
Seven Lives and One Great Love: The Memoirs of a Cat
Konstantine Matsoukas, tr.
(Europa Editions)
Why I Killed My Best Friend
Karen Emmerich, tr.
(Open Letter Books)
The Iraqi Nights
Dunya Mikhail
Kareem James Abu-Zeid, tr.
(New Directions)
The Secret of Evil
Roberto Bolaño
Chris Andrews & Natasha Wimmer, tr.
(New Directions)
Compartment No. 6
Lola Rogers, tr.
(Serpent’s Tail)
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