Sarah Cleave
Autore di Banthology: Stories From Banned Nations
Opere di Sarah Cleave
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Banthology: Stories From Banned Nations di Sarah Cleave
Note: I accessed a digital review copy of this book through Edelweiss.
Stories from Seven Banned Nations
Review of the Comma Press paperback edition (2017)
This anthology collects 7 short stories from the 7 Muslim majority countries that were singled out for an immigration ban by the USA in 2017. The stories and styles have a wide variety including aspects of humour, magic realism and even science fiction futuristic fantasy. The stories include:
1. Bird of Paradise (Sudan) by Rania Mamoun translated from Arabic by Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp.
2. A Beginner's Guide to Smuggling (Syria) by Zaher Omareen translated from Arabic by Perween Richards & Basma Ghalayini.
3. Phantom Limb (Iran) by Fereshteh Molavi فرشته مولوی7.
4. Return Ticket (Libya) by Najwa Binshatwan translated from Arabic by Sawad Hussain.
5. Jujube (Somalia) by Ubah Cristina Ali Farah translated from Italian by Hope Campbell Gustafson
6. Storyteller (Iraq) by Anoud
7. The Slow Man (Yemen) by Wajdi Al-Ahdal translated from Arabic by William M. Hutchins.
My thanks to Comma Press who provided this book as a bonus for my Translation Fiction Online Book Club order of Thirteen Months of Sunrise.… (altro)
Review of the Comma Press paperback edition (2017)
This anthology collects 7 short stories from the 7 Muslim majority countries that were singled out for an immigration ban by the USA in 2017. The stories and styles have a wide variety including aspects of humour, magic realism and even science fiction futuristic fantasy. The stories include:
1. Bird of Paradise (Sudan) by Rania Mamoun translated from Arabic by Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp.
2. A Beginner's Guide to Smuggling (Syria) by Zaher Omareen translated from Arabic by Perween Richards & Basma Ghalayini.
3. Phantom Limb (Iran) by Fereshteh Molavi فرشته مولوی7.
4. Return Ticket (Libya) by Najwa Binshatwan translated from Arabic by Sawad Hussain.
5. Jujube (Somalia) by Ubah Cristina Ali Farah translated from Italian by Hope Campbell Gustafson
6. Storyteller (Iraq) by Anoud
7. The Slow Man (Yemen) by Wajdi Al-Ahdal translated from Arabic by William M. Hutchins.
My thanks to Comma Press who provided this book as a bonus for my Translation Fiction Online Book Club order of Thirteen Months of Sunrise.… (altro)
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