2024 DIGITAL SUBSCRIPTION
2024 DIGITAL SUBSCRIPTION
Subscribe now to get our 2024 list at a discounted price! This subscription includes 8 ebooks published between February – December 2024:
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)
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)
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 (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)
ON A WOMAN'S MADNESS by Astrid Roemer, tr. Lucy Scott. A a classic of queer Black literature. Set in mid-century Suriname, the novel tells the story of Noenka, a courageous Black woman trying to live a life of her own choosing (Oct)*
REVATHI: A 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 (Nov)
Titles available: dd's Umbrella, Again I Hear These Waters, To Hell with Poets, Elevator in Sài Gòn, My Dream Job, Delicious Hunger, On a Woman’s Madness, Revathi: A Life in Trans Activism
*This title replaces Annah, Infinite by Khairani Barokka, which will be out in 2025 instead.