Literature in Translation and Anthologies of Contemporary Foreign Fiction
Seven Stories is an active publisher of works of literature in translation, including The Few Things I Know About Glafkos Thrassakis by Vassilis Vassilikos, The Old Garden by Hwang Sok-yong and Jean Giono’s The Solitude of Compassion. Seven Stories has introduced new translations of underappreciated classics like Ivan Goncharov’s Oblomov, while also seeking works by emerging international voices, like Céline Curiol's Voice Over, Johan Harstad’s Buzz Aldrin, What Happened to You in all the Confusion? and Andri Snær Magnason's LoveStar and The Story of the Blue Planet. Upcoming translations include Operation Massacre by Rodolfo Walsh and The Body Where I Was Born by Guadalupe Nettel.
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