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Celestial Bodies

Posted on 1 February 2020 by Kate Sotejeff-Wilson — Leave a comment

The second novel by Omani author Jokhar Alharthi, Sayyidat al-Qamar, is translated into English by Marilyn Booth as Celestial Bodies. Which are what? The men around whom the world revolves? That would be the answer one might expect from an…

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books and roses, bread and roses

Posted on 22 April 2016 by Kate Sotejeff-Wilson — Leave a comment

It’s books and roses day again tomorrow!  Is it even possible to choose one book to celebrate? Elena Ferrante’s The Story of The Lost Child has made both the Man Booker International Shortlist  AND the three percent Best Translated Book Award 2016…

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Posted on 31 July 2013 by Kate Sotejeff-Wilson — Leave a comment

The Man Booker longlist is out – though not all the books are yet – and the one I’m likely to demolish as soon as it’s published is Almost English, because it feels like familiar territory. But the Man Booker International…

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