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‘The Iraqi Christ’

‘The Iraqi Christ’ by Hassan Blasim is one of the six short listed books for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize, to be awarded very shortly on May 22nd . It is a collection of short stories translated from Arabic by … Continue reading

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The Mussel Feast by Birgit Vanderbeke (translated by Jamie Bulloch)

This book, Das Muschelessen in German, is one of the shortlisted books for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize. It was first published in 1990 and was awarded the Ingeborg-Bachmann-Preis in 1990, one of Germany’s top literary prizes. It is a … Continue reading

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