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Iraj Pezeshkzad: My Uncle Napoleon

May 28, 2015

Chris reviews Iraj Pezeshkzad’s 1973 novel My Uncle Napoleon, translated from the Persian by Dick Davis. Read the full post.

2015 Best Translated Book Award Winner

May 27, 2015

This year’s Best Translated Book Award winner has been announced! Read the full post.

2015 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize Winner

May 27, 2015

The Independent Foreign Fiction Prize winner has been announced. Read the full post.

Costa-Gavras: The Confession & State of Siege

May 26, 2015

Trevor reviews two political thrillers from Costa-Gavras, 1970’s The Confession and 1972’s State of Siege, which The Criterion Collection released on Blu-ray this week. Read the full post.

Salman Rushdie: “The Duniazát”

May 25, 2015

Click here to read the story in its entirety on The New Yorker webpage. Salman Rushdie’s “The Duniazát” was originally published in the June 1, 2015 issue of The New Yorker. This week’s fiction is from a living legend (though I admit I have had a hard time reading him for some time). From The Page Turner interview

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