Jonathan Wright will draw on his experience as a translator of contemporary Arabic fiction to examine and critique the assumptions that underpin a corpus of literature written in Modern Standard Arabic.
Join this conversation featuring author Hassan Blasim and translator Jonathan Wright, wich is part of NDU's Literatures of Annihilation series.
Adabiyat's virtual book club will be reading Ahmed Taibaoui's The Disappearance of Mr. Nobody, translated by Jonathan Wright in March 2023. Read an extract here: https://tinyurl.com/2pnp4vr5 It is a raw, lyrical portrait of life on the margins in contemporary Algiers. DM @__adabiyat__ on Twitter or Instagram to join in!
