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  • 2008 Translation Awards

    Poetry dominated this year's Translation Awards
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  • 2008 Edinburgh International Book Festival

    Eshkol Nevo and Gerbrand Bakker
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  • 2008 Edinburgh International Book Festival

    Pascal Mercier and Iliya Troyanov

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  • 2008 Edinburgh International Book Festival

    Bernardo Atxaga and Emilio Calderón
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  • Ma Jian

    "The roots of fear lie within our bodies, but we live our lives disconnected from them."
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  • Patrick Camiller and Len Rix

    'It was odd to be reminded that Ceaucescu had a liberal reputation in the 1960s.'
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  • Lars Saabye Christensen and Maria Peura

    Both authors have ‘exhaled’ novels with particularly strong senses of place, milieu and belonging.
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  • The laureate of small things: Ali Smith on Tove Jansson

    As an older woman, Jansson lost none of her adventurous spirit, preferring second-class train carriages to stuffy first-class, and once staying in a Scottish youth hostel.
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