Women In Translation seeks to rectify the prevalent gender disparity in non-English language literature. Celebrate Women in Translation Month 2024 with a range of titles from The Margellos World Republic of Letters, a series which identifies works of cultural and artistic significance previously overlooked by translators and publishers, as well as important contemporary authors whose work has not yet been translated into English.
Djamila Ribeiro
Translated by Padma Viswanathan
Foreword by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The instant bestseller from Djamila Ribeiro that sparked a major Black feminist movement in Brazil
Annie Ernaux
Translated by Alison L. Strayer
A revelatory meditation on class and consumer culture, from 2022 Nobel laureate Annie Ernaux
Elfriede Jelinek
Translated by Gitta Honegger
The magnum opus of 2004 Nobel laureate Elfriede Jelinek—a spectral journey through the catastrophic history embedded in the landscape of Austria
Nguyễn Thanh Hiện
Translated by Quyên Nguyễn-Hoàng
An incantatory poetic novel that interweaves the legends, tragedies, and histories of a village in Vietnam
Can Xue
Translated by Annelise Finegan Wasmoen
Foreword by Eileen Myles
The most ambitious work of fiction by a writer widely considered the most important novelist working in China today
The Body of the Soul
Stories
Ludmila Ulitskaya
Translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky
A new collection of stories by the acclaimed Ludmila Ulitskaya, masterfully translated into English
How I Designed a Book That Looks Like Money