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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The Man Who Snapped His Fingers
By Fariba Hachtroudi
144 pages;
Europa Editions
Translated by Alison Anderson
The "Theological Republic" stands in for the author's homeland of Iran in a novel that seamlessly combines elements of a political thriller with a tale of love destroyed by circumstance.
— Dotun Akintoye
Published 01/22/2016
