Shame the authors couldn’t attribute equal space to all countries, I’m sure they could have found the facts needed though the book would probably be twice as thick. Israel David Grossman Falling Out of Time; To the End of the Land; Be My Knife / Amos Oz A Tale of Love and Darkness (trans. There is also a fascinating 'insight' fact for each country revealing interesting details that make places so unique.

This extra entry represented territories not on the list of UN recognised nations (plus Taiwan) that I used for this project. World literature lives or dies by the skill of the people who relay it from one language to another. Accuracy/Authority/Bias: Oxford University Press has been publishing in some form since the invention of the printing press in the 15th century. The reason is that I want this project to be about finding out how easy (or hard) it is for one person in London to access the literature of the world and a lot of that comes down to the availability (or not) of translations.Harry Zohn) / Clemens Meyer All the Lights / Christa Wolf Medea / Franz Fühmann / Inka Parei The Shadow-Boxing Girl / Hans Fallada Alone in Berlin / Jurek Becker Jacob the Liar / Herman Hesse Siddhartha / Thomas Mann / Yoko Tawada Memoirs of a Polar Bear / Anke Stelling, tr.

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I see you already have a long list of titles for India, but I’d like to suggest one more – Khushwant Singh. The novel is written in a unique style where photographs of things and places are interspersed throughout the story, blurring the line between fiction and reality. From your list above I really disliked the writing by numbers of, and the dishonesty of the Kite Runner, shameful. Speaking of polish literature you need to read Mrozek’s “The Elephant” which is absolutely amazing, political yet absurd and hilarious.

Michael Duke) / Yan Lianke Dream of Ding Village / Mo Yan The Garlic Ballads; Shifu, You’ll Do Anything for a Laugh / Zhu Wen / Zhang Yueran / Han Dong Banished! Exchanging Valentines can be an awkward process, especially when you consider “Vinegar Valentines” and other snarky sentiments - whatever your tastes, enjoy the sweet and sour cards alike in this gallery!

North Korea… It’s a shame that Escape From Camp 14, the true story of a lad who lived through unimaginable torments in a prison camp and eventually escaped, is written by a US journalist so doesn’t fit your criteria.