EPISODE · Apr 22, 2020 · 56 MIN
Tight Spaces
from BULAQ | بولاق · host Ursula Lindsey and M Lynx Qualey
للاستماع إلى بودكاست بعد أمس http://aj.audio/click We discuss an acclaimed novel set during the first Palestinian Intifada and one inspired by a tiny, legendary bookstore in Algiers. Show Notes:This year, the International Prize for Arabic Fiction—which went to Abdelouahab Aissaoui's The Spartan Court—and the Sheikh Zayed Book Award—which had winners in seven categories—both had awards ceremonies on YouTube. MLQ will also participate in the now-online Sant Jordi Literary Festival (April 23-25), having recorded discussions with Elisabeth Jaquette about her translation of The Frightened Ones (by Dima Wannous) and Sawad Hussain about her translation of Bab as-Saha, or The Passage to the Plaza (by Sahar Khalifeh). Khalifeh's classic 1990 novel The Passage to the Plaza is newly out in English from Seagull Books.Kaouther Adimi's Our Riches, translated by Chris Andrews, is also newly out from New Directions; it follows the story of Edmond Charlot and Les Vraies Richesses bookshop in Algiers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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للاستماع إلى بودكاست بعد أمس http://aj.audio/click We discuss an acclaimed novel set during the first Palestinian Intifada and one inspired by a tiny, legendary bookstore in Algiers. Show Notes:This year, the International Prize for Arabic Fiction—which went to Abdelouahab Aissaoui's The Spartan Court—and the Sheikh Zayed Book Award—which had winners in seven categories—both had awards ceremonies on YouTube. MLQ will also participate in the now-online Sant Jordi Literary Festival (April 23-25), having recorded discussions with Elisabeth Jaquette about her translation of The Frightened Ones (by Dima Wannous) and Sawad Hussain about her translation of Bab as-Saha, or The Passage to the Plaza (by Sahar Khalifeh). Khalifeh's classic 1990 novel The Passage to the Plaza is newly out in English from Seagull Books.Kaouther Adimi's Our Riches, translated by Chris Andrews, is also newly out from New Directions; it follows the story of Edmond Charlot and Les Vraies Richesses bookshop in Algiers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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