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- World Literature, Literary Nonfiction, World Literature from Southeast Asia
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- by Ma Thida Translated from the Burmese by Maung Zaw What's happening after the 2021 military coup attempt in Myanmar? Since the coup, people have been deeply shocked by how the Tatmadaw (army) has savagely undermined the pillars of democracy. Regarding the 2021 coup, there are two perspectives; while, on the one hand, Myanmar people have known all along that…
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- World Literature, Poetry, World Literature from Taiwan
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- by Ling Yü Translated by Nicholas Y. H. Wong Their swimming postures are unique Some foam at the mouth, some angle their feet to the sky But they don’t die In the dauntlessly crashing waves ------From Daughter W Ling Yü’s lyrical and rhythmic poetry invites readers into meditations on feminine roles, family values, and the delicate balance between individuals and society.…
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- World Literature, World Literature from China
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- by Yang Hao Translated from the Chinese by Nicky Harman and Michael Day Nominated, The 2026 Dublin Literary Award “Very much a contemporary narrative… Yang Hao is an exciting new voice in Chinese literature and, we can proudly say, the Irish literature scene too.”—Irish Times “The protagonists in this novel have plumbed the depths of human nature. As they wrestle…
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- World Literature, World Literature from China, World Literature from Southeast Asia
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- Short Stories by Soon Ai Ling, Translated from the Chinese by Yeo Wei Wei Traditional Chinese cuisine, jade, batik, embroidery, and horticulture. In Soon Ai Ling’s fiction, newly translated into English by Yeo Wei Wei, the lives of twentieth-century Chinese diaspora unravel in the midst of emblems and environments resplendent with cultural influences from East and Southeast Asia. Life is…
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- World Literature, World Literature from China
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- by Lu Min Translated from the Chinese by Nicky Harman and Helen Wang Under the stench of factory skies, two single parents and their four teenaged children gather together for Saturday dinners. But can widowed accountant Su Qin ever publicly acknowledge her socially-mismatched relationship with Ding Bogang, a laid-off manual worker? Can she bear to see her ambitious and studious…
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- World Literature, World Literature from China, World Literature from South Asia
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- by Tsering Yangkyi Translated from the Tibetan by Christopher Peacock Winner of English Pen Award Flowers of Lhasa is a stark and urgent tale of four young women thrown into the seedy underbelly of a sacred city undergoing rapid change. After coming to the big city to look for work, a tragedy befalls Drölkar and leads her to a nightclub…
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- World Literature, World Literature from Japan, Young-Adult
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- by Kenji Miyazawa Translated from the Japanese by Roger Pulvers. Night on the Milky Way Train occupies the place in the literature of Japan that Alice in Wonderland does in the English-speaking world. This amazing story of two boys – Kenji named them Giovanni and Campanella – who find themselves on a miraculous train running through the heavens, has entranced…
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- World Literature, World Literature from Europe
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- Translated from the original play in Russian, The Government Inspector by Nikolai Gogol, and adapted for two actors by Roger Pulvers Author, playwright, translator, theater and film director Roger Pulvers has translated and adapted one of world theater’s greatest comic classics, Nikolai Gogol’s The Government Inspector. This version for two actors, here in print for the first time, has been…
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- Poetry, World Literature, World Literature from Taiwan
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- by Yen Ai Lin 顏艾琳 Translated by Jenn Marie Nunes Bone Skin Flesh by Yen Ai-lin, first published in Chinese in 1997, now appears in a bilingual edition with its first English translations by Jenn Marie Nunes. A landmark in contemporary Taiwanese poetry, these poems revel in the feminine-its desires, violences, and contradictions-through language that is visceral, imagistic, and unrelenting.…
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- World Literature, World Literature from China, World Literature from Southeast Asia
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- Short Stories by Soon Ai Ling, Adapted and Transcreated from the Chinese by Yeo Wei Wei The past gets in the way of present and future possibilities, yet without it, what hope is there for self-knowing and wisdom? These questions are explored in Yeo Wei Wei’s transcreation and adaptation of Soon Ai Ling’s stories. Characters are caught up in private…
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