Translation of Nihad Sirees’s ‘The Silence and the Roar’ Due in January 2013
Max Weiss’s translation of Nihad Sirees’s 2004 novel “الصمت والصخب” — The Silence and the Roar — is due out from Pushkin Press in January of next year.
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Books By Hassan Blasim, Samar Yazbek Win 2012 PEN Awards
Earlier today, the English PEN announced the winners of its “Writers in Translation” awards, which help publishers “market, promote, champion and celebrate literature in translation.” Two of the awards are for […]
Syria’s ‘War Literature’
Over at Syria Today, Sarah Abu Assali writes this month about Syria’s “war literature.” She discusses the work of acclaimed playwright Mohammad al-Attar, International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF)-shortlisted novelist Khaled Khalifa, “Beirut39”-winning novelist […]
Summer of Arab Lit: Global Events for 2012
A global events calendar for June, July, & August 2012.
Reflections on Writing Torture in Fiction
I don’t think I worry about causing pain to the reader. I worry much more about fetishizing torture, shaping pretty gardens out of skulls.
Using the Graphic Novel To Write an Ongoing Story
Although many are disparaging of the “hasty literature” to have come out of Arab countries since December 2010 (from Tunisia, Egypt, Syria, and beyond), I find some of it quite […]
A Look at What’s New in 2012: Arab and Arabic Literature (in English)
I doubt that this list is comprehensive, particularly as concerns “Arab” diaspora literature. Please do post additions below. Also, the list is somewhat mixed & muddled where it concerns US, […]
