A month before the book he was writing was completed, the tip of his nose itched unbearably. Previous bouts of itching he could endure, but today’s was relentless.
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Abulqosim Mamarasulov, translated from the Uzbek by Ferangiz Zokirova — Excerpt: Habib woke early, as he always did. When he pushed open the window, the sharp, metallic scent of snow rushed into the hospital ward.
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Wani Nazir — Excerpt: Naqvi’s translation doesn’t merely change Abbas’s prose into English; it also brings back the depth of Rohzin’s pain, its remarkable beauty, and its intellectual complexity.
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Wani Nazir — Excerpt: They are a musical, rhythmic, and symbolic world, and every metaphor has a spiritual, cultural, and cosmic meaning. Translating Rumi might either dampen the original’s exuberant essence or sever its strong ties to Persian and Sufi culture.
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Mojaffor Hossain, translated from the Bengali by Rituparna Mukherjee — Excerpt: Hello, this is Himadri. My house is at 3/3 Blind Lane, I have a corpse in my house.
