Translated from the Italian by Jamie Richards (New York, NY: New Vessel Press, 2017) Adua, by Igiaba Scego, translated by Jamie Richards, is a lyrical novel that describes the cultural alienation of Somalis living in Italy, both in the present … Continued
Translated from the German by Elisabeth Lauffer (Animal Internet: Nature and the Digital Revolution. New York, NY: New Vessel Press, 2016) Recently I met someone online. He lives near Marcoola, Queensland, Australia, which is about an hour and a half north … Continued
Translated by Yardenne Greenspan (New York, NY: New Vessel Press, 2015) Alexandrian Summer is a novel where the vibrancy of small sins and the relentless toll of everyday unhappiness surrounds and transforms the characters; where nobility fails to lift lives above … Continued
Translated from the German by Sheila Dickie (New York, NY: New Vessel Press, 2014) Taguchi Hiro is sitting across from an older businessman who wears a necktie, a “salaryman” as they say in Japan. They are strangers who find themselves at the … Continued
Translated from Spanish by Nick Caistor (New York City, NY: New Vessel Press, 2013) The Missing Year, the first novel by Argentinian writer Pedro Mairal to be translated (excellently, by Nick Caistor) into English, is a slim 118 pages, beautifully … Continued