Basque writer Bernardo Atxaga’s new novel Golondrinas begins with the burial of legendary boxer Urtain and follows three funerals in the same grave across 50 years, blending death, rural decline, fantasy and
Basque writer Bernardo Atxaga’s new novel Golondrinas begins with the burial of legendary boxer Urtain and follows three funerals in the same grave across 50 years, blending death, rural decline, fantasy and
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In a wide-ranging conversation, Bahiyyih Nakhjavani reflects on the unsettled nature of identity, the limits of historical truth and the moral responsibility of writing about people who can no longer speak for
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Taiwanese author Yáng Shuāng-zǐ has been awarded the Booker Prize for her novel “Taiwan Travelogue,” a historic win that highlights the growing global recognition of Mandarin-language literature. The announcement places her at
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Editorial The passing of Mario Vargas Llosa, the Peruvian literary colossus, at the venerable age of 89, marks not merely the extinction of a singular intellect but the irrevocable dimming of a
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In a village nestled between emerald fields and azure skies, there lived a wealthy landowner named Rajendra. The scent of jasmine wafted through the air as he walked through his opulent estate,
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Arun was a man who had grown accustomed to cruelty. His face, with its rough edges and uneven proportions, invited ridicule wherever he went. The children in the village snickered behind their
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It was 1974: my first year in the faculty of law. The road leading from the law library to the faculty stretched ahead, its asphalt ominously hot under the sweltering Sun. I
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For Arundhati Roy, her mother Mary Roy, who passed Thursday, was a miracle. But the celebrated author was also generous enough to share the goodness of her mother — to whom she
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