Looking for a summer read to share with the young translated-literature fans in your life? The World Kid Lit team share four recently published favourites for the summer … EDITH:
Lucia Odoom is a Danish writer of Ghanaian descent, whose debut novel Cosmos has been published by Daunt Books, in Hunter Simpson’s translation. The character Cosmos has left Gha
The title of Jean-Noël Orengo’s latest novel is a quote from a remark allegedly made by SS officer Karl Maria Hettlage, who, with a discernible note of jealousy, is said to have
Reading Iris Wolff’s writing is like immersing oneself in the pages of a beautifully composed picture book. Clearing shows us the forests, mountains and plains of Romania where W
An internet search for the name ‘Vanta’ soon turns up a colour called Vantablack. A deep-black material invented by a technology company, Vantablack absorbs almost all the ligh
Radio producer Philippe Collin has had a huge cultural impact in France on two counts: firstly as the creator of the hit podcast Facing History, which has had forty million downloa
#RivetingReviews: Mandy Wight reviews SÁNCHEZ by Esther Garcia Llovet, translated by Richard Village
This slim novel from Foundry Editions is set in Madrid. However, it’s not the Madrid most tourists, including myself, know and love. You won’t be visiting the Prado here, but r
I haven’t read such a moving poignant love story, for a long time. Because that’s what Ewald Arenz’s novel Love, After All is – a modern, complicated and unforgettable love
‘In your person, our history is stitched together’ Psalm to Saint Sabina, translated by Anna Blasiak, is a book-length poem by Polish poet Radosław Wiśniewski that traces the
