Translated from Persian by Sara Khalili (Brooklyn, NY: Restless Books, 2018) Shahriar Mandanipour is certainly one of the most skilled and renowned writers in contemporary Iranian literature. He has authored nine volumes of fiction, one nonfiction book, and more than … Continued
Translated from the Japanese by Jeffrey Angles. (Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press, 2017) There is a line of dialogue in Robert Zemeckis’s cult science-fiction movie Back to the Future 3 between the famous Doc and Marty whereby the Doc … Continued
Japanese Girl at the Siege of Changchun: How I Survived China’s Wartime Atrocity. Translated from the Chinese by Michael Brase. (Berkely, CA: Stone Bridge Press, 2016) There is an old Chinese curse that says “May you live in interesting times.” … Continued