10 Books That Will Take You on a Foreign Literary Adventure
Come with us on an exotic literary adventure where you will encounter writers from around the world—courtesy of their English translators.
By Dotun Akintoye, Constance Capone and Nicholas Valsalen
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On the Edge
By Rafael Chirbes
464 pages;
New Directions
Translated by Margaret Jull Costa
In expansive, torrential monologues, we hearthe residents of a fictionalized Spanish town devastated by the great recession as they desperately clutch at the remains of a community in ruin.
— Dotun Akintoye
Published 01/22/2016
