Words Without Borders: The World Through the Eyes of Writers Book

Introduction

ANDRE DUBUS I I I

Where Are You Running To?
MA JIAN
China Introduced by Jonathan Safran Foer
Translated from the Chinese by Flora Drew

Meteorite Mountain CAN XUE
China Introduced by Ha Jin
Translated from the Chinese by Zhu Hong

Looking for the Elephant
JO KYUNG RAN
South Korea Introduced by Don Lee
Translated from the Korean by Heinz Insu Fenkl

Children of the Sky
SENO GUMIRA AJIDARMA
Indonesia Introduced by Pramoedya Ananta Toer
Translated from the Indonesian by John H.McGlynn

The Scripture Read Backward
PARASHURAM
Bangladesh Introduced by Amit Chaudhuri
Translated from the Bengali by Sukanta Chaudhuri

The Unfinished Game
GOLI TARAGHI
Iran Introduced by Francine Prose
Translated from the Persian by Zara Houshmand

The Day in Buenos Aires
JABBAR YUSSIN HUSSIN
Iraq Introduced by Alberto Manguel
Translated from the Arabic by Randa Jarrar

Two Poems
SANIYYA SALEH
Syria Introduced by Adonis
Translated from the Arabic by Issa J. Boullata

Faint Hints of Tranquillity
ADANIA SHIBLI
Palestine Introduced by Anton Shammas
Translated from the Arabic by Anton Shammas

Shards of Reality and Glass
HASSAN KHADER
Palestine Introduced by Ahdaf Soueif
Translated from the Arabic by Ahdaf Soueif

A Drowsy Haze
GAMAL AL-GHITANI
Egypt Introduced by Naguib Mahfouz
Translated from the Arabic by William Maynard Hutchins

The Uses of English
AKINWUMI ISOLA
Nigeria Introduced by Wole Soyinka
Translated from the Yoruba by Akinwumi Isola

from Provisional
GABRIELA ADAMESTEANU
Romania Introduced by Norman Manea
Translated from the Romanian by Carrie Messenger

Two Poems
SENADIN MUSABEGOVIC´
Bosnia Introduced by Aleksandar Hemon
Translated from the Bosnian by Ulvija Tanovi´c

from Experiment with India
GIORGIO MANGANELLI
Italy Introduced by Roberto Calasso
Translated from the Italian by Ann Goldstein

from The Fish of Berlin
ELEONORA HUMMEL
Germany Introduced by Günter Grass
Translated from the German by Susan Bernofsky

Seven Poems
BRONISLAW MAJ
Poland Introduced by the Editors Translated by Clare Cavanagh

from His Majesty, Almighty Death
MYRIAM ANISSIMOV
France Introduced by Cynthia Ozick
Translated from the French by C. Dickson

from October 27, 2003
ETEL ADNAN
France Introduced by Diana Abu Jaber
Translated from the French by C. Dickson with Etel Adnan

Vietnam.Thursday.
JOHAN HARSTAD
Norway Introduced by Heidi Julavits
Translated from the Norwegian by Deborah Dawkin and Erik Skuggevik

Lightweight Champ
JUAN VILLORO
Mexico Introduced by Javier Marías
Translated from the Spanish by Lisa Dillman

The Sheika’s Condition
MARIO BELLATIN
Mexico Introduced by Francisco Goldman
Translated from the Spanish by Cindy Schuster

When I Was a Man
AMBAR PAST
Mexico Introduced by Elena Poniatowska
Translated from the Spanish by Samantha Schnee

from Revulsion
HORACIO CASTELLANOS MOYA
El Salvador Introduced by Roberto Bolaño
Translated from the Spanish by Beatriz Cortez

The Chareron Inheritance
EVELYNE TROUILLOT
Haiti Introduced by Edwidge Danticat
Translated from the French by Avriel Goldberger

from Kind’s Silence
MARCELA SOLÁ
Argentina Introduced by Luisa Valenzuela
Translated from the Spanish by Tobias Hecht

Baked Mud
JUAN JOSÉ SAER
Argentina Introduced by José Saramago
Translated from the Spanish by Sergio Waisman

Swimming at Night
JUAN FORN
Argentina Introduced by Ariel Dorfman
Translated from the Spanish by Marina Harss