World Translations Review: September 2022

Friday, September 9, 2022

The Pleasure Marriage
A Novel
by Tahar Ben Jelloun

Translated from the French by Rita Nezami

Rakes of the Old Court
A Novel
by Mateiu I. Caragiale

Translated from the Romanian by Sean Cotter

Bruna and Her Sisters in the Sleeping City
by Alicia Yánez Cossío

Translated from the Spanish by Kenneth J. A. Wishnia

Fog
A Novel
by Miguel de Unamuno

Translated from the Spanish by Elena Barcia

The Essential Fictions
by Isaac Babel

Translated from the Russian by Val Vinokur

The Tale of Cho Ung
A Classic of Vengeance, Loyalty, and Romance

Translated from the Korean by Sookja Cho

The Backstreets
A Novel from Xinjiang
by Perhat Tursun

Translated from the Uyghur by Darren Byler and Anonymous

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