Translations by Kira Josefsson
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from The Arab by Pooneh Rohi
With the two interwoven stories in her debut novel, Pooneh Rohi has joined a fray of new voices who chronicle the experience of trying to fit in in a country that fundamentally appears to reject you.
Translated by Kira Josefsson
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from The London Girl by Susanna Alakoski
Susanna Alakoski's most recent project takes an explicitly wide, and dazzlingly ambitious, view of regular people caught in the winds of history with a suite of novels that puts individual destinies in a deeply researched context.
Translated by Kira Josefsson.
EVENT
Emerging Voices 2022
Join Swedish Book Review on 25 May for a live online reading, conversation and Q&A with Hanna Johansson and Quynh Tran, two of the most exciting new writers in the Swedish publishing landscape, chaired by literary translator Kira Josefsson.
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from Shade and Breeze by Quynh Tran
Revolving around a Vietnamese family of three navigating small-town life in Finland of the 90s, Quynh Tran's poignant and suggestive debut plays out through a series of oblique yet intimately detailed tableaux.
Translated by Kira Josefsson.
Contributions by Kira Josefsson
EVENT
Emerging Voices 2022
Join Swedish Book Review on 25 May for a live online reading, conversation and Q&A with Hanna Johansson and Quynh Tran, two of the most exciting new writers in the Swedish publishing landscape, chaired by literary translator Kira Josefsson.