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The Year of the Dragon is on the horizon and it's time to announce our 2024 list! Highlights include the first English-language poetry collection by Norman Erikson Pasaribu, a new Hwang Jungeun novel translated by e.yaewon, and the debut collection of short stories by former guerilla soldier Hai Fan, translated by Jeremy Tiang. Fugitive, trailblazing and politically committed, this year's list will challenge your being and pull at your heartstrings.
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DD’s UMBRELLA by Hwang Jungeun, tr. from Korean by e. yaewon. A meditative and off-centre queer novel about mourning and revolution from one of Korea’s most celebrated contemporary writers (Feb)
AGAIN I HEAR THESE WATERS, A collection of poetry from multiple authors curated and tr. from Assamese by Shalim M. Hussain, a leading figure in the Miyah poetry movement. From folk river-songs as poems to love poetry, the islands and riverbanks of the chars and chaporis of the Brahmaputra River become both background and metaphor in this anthology, never shying away from the prismatic effect of water (Feb)
TO HELL WITH POETS by Baqytgul Sarmekova, tr. from Kazakh by Mirgul Kali. The first English-language collection from the rising star of a new generation of Kazakh writers (Mar)
MY DREAM JOB by Norman Erikson Pasaribu. The first English-language poetry collection from the author of Sergius Seeks Bacchus and Happy Stories, Mostly. Expertly crafted, My Dream Job is a tender playground of intellect and wit, where cultural extraction is the muse and spectres, the hope. The ultimate eulogy for a postcolonial dream (Jul)
ELEVATOR IN SÀI GÒN by Thuận, tr. by Nguyễn An Lý. A suspenseful novel, still banned in Vietnam, that is part detective story, historical romance, postcolonial ghost story, and a biting satire of life in a communist state (Aug)
DELICIOUS HUNGER by Hai Fan, tr. by Jeremy Tiang. A nuanced and vivid portrayal of the lives of Malayan Communist Party guerillas in the 1970s, depicting the day-to-day survival against various challenges in the rainforests of North Malaysia (Sep)
REVATHI: LIFE IN TRANS ACTIVISM by A. Revathi, tr. from Tamil by Nandini Murali. One of the most path-breaking and respected contemporary Indian activists illuminates how the personal intersects with the communal and institutional for trans Indians (Oct)
ANNAH, INFINITE by Khairani Barokka. An experimental work of creative nonfiction functioning as a tale of art, colonialism, disability, and reclamation of the spirit through the story of a single painting by Paul Gauguin (Nov)
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