Here, translation unlocks stories from languages afar, people unknown yet familiar in voices that stun you and resonate with you. Here is your book of world stories

 

FICTION

Little Sorrento by the Sea – Warren Stoddard II

Warren Stoddard II Is the author of a novella:Β No Birds in Yesterday, and his short work has appeared inΒ Into the Void, Dice Magazine, The Barely South Review,Β and numerous other publications...

Jesus – Lopa Ghosh

Lopa Ghosh is an author and social change campaigner. Her first book, a short story collection titled β€˜Revolt of the Fish Eaters,’ was published by HarperCollins India in 2012. In her other life, Lopa is a communication and development practitioner. Β ...

Family – Humayun Ahmed

Humayun Ahmed was a Bangladeshi novelist, dramatist, screenwriter, filmmaker, songwriter, scholar, and lecturer...

The Refugee – Debesh Roy

Debesh Roy is remembered for numerous books, including Borisaler Jogen Mondal, Manush Khun Kore Keno, Samay Asamayer Brittanto, and Lagan Gandhar. He received the Sahitya Academy award in 1990 for his epic novel Teesta Parer Brittanto...

Marriage to a Man from The Point of View of a Woman – Kieran Vaughan

Kieran Vaughan is a published poet. Just recently she was an assistant editor for the multiple award-winning literary magazine,Β Grub Street,Β at Towson University...

Kindred Spirits – Kenneth M. Kapp

Kenneth M. Kapp was a Professor of Mathematics, a ceramicist, a welder, and an IBMer until downsized in 2000. He lives with his wife and beagle in Shorewood, Wisconsin and writes late at night in his man-cave...

The Sea Shawl and A Picture without Limbs – Wesam Almadani

Originally translated to Italian from the Arabic by Sana Darghmouni. Translated from the Italian by Pina Piccolo. The sea shawl (First appeared in Italian in La Macchina Sognante Inserto Palestina) Twenty minutes had passed since I had…...

Chronicle of the Lost Rivers – Amar Mitra

Amar Mitra is a Bengali novelist. He has received numerous awards - Sahitya Akademi (2006) for the novel Dhruboputro, Bankim Chandra Award(2001) for the novel Ashwacharit, Katha award(1998), SharatChandra Award(2018) and many others...

Headlines – Lida Stanchenko

Lida Stanchenko Β is a freelance journalist. She worked as a chief editor at SPUTNIK International News Agency, Beijing Chapter...