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Fiction, Literary Awards, Translation

Faces In the Crowd by Valeria Luiselli, translated from Spanish by Christina MacSweeney

Title:  Faces In The Crowd Author:  Valeria Luiselli Translator:  Christina MacSweeney Publisher:  Coffee House Press, Minneapolis (2014) ISBN:  978 1 56689 354 1 *This review contains spoilers* Subway trains make me think of Einstein’s Theory of Special Relativity. Not all the time, obviously. But sometimes a train will be moving in a dark tunnel and a second train will overtake it.  They will run on parallel tracks … Continue reading Faces In the Crowd by Valeria Luiselli, translated from Spanish by Christina MacSweeney

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Advance Review Copy, Fiction, History, Suspense, Translation

The Mehlis Report by Rabee Jaber (translated from the Arabic by Kareem James Abu-Zeid)

III. THE CRIME 36. On 14 February 2005 at approximately 1250 hrs, the former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri left the Nejmeh Square in Beirut going back to the Kuraytem Palace. He traveled in a motorcade comprising of 6 cars, together with his security detail and Member of Parliament, Bassel Fleyhan.     37. When the motorcade passed the St. George Hotel at Minae Al-Hosn … Continue reading The Mehlis Report by Rabee Jaber (translated from the Arabic by Kareem James Abu-Zeid)

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