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For more than a decade, the Complete Review has been an essential site for readers interested in learning about new books in translation and developments in global literature. Expanding upon the site's content, this wide-ranging yet user-friendly resource is the perfect guide for English-language readers eager to explore fiction from around the world. Profiling hundreds of titles and authors from 1945 to today, with an emphasis on fiction published in the past two decades, this reference provides a fascinating portal into the styles, trends, and genres of the world's literatures, from Scandinavian crime thrillers and cutting-edge works in China to Latin American narco-fiction and award-winning French novels
Sommario
Introduction
EuropeFrance, Belgium, and Switzerland
Spain and Portugal
Italy
Greece
Germany, Austria, and Switzerland
Netherlands and Belgium
Scandinavia
Baltic States
Eastern Europe I
Eastern Europe II
Russia, Soviet Union, and Central Asia
United Kingdom and Ireland
Sub-Saharan AfricaSouthern Africa
Central Africa
East Africa
West Africa
Lusophone Africa
North Africa, Middle East, and TurkeyArabic-Speaking Countries
Israel
Turkey
Iran and Afghanistan
AsiaIndian Subcontinent
Southeast Asia I
Southeast Asia II
China, Tibet, and Taiwan
Japan
South Korea and North Korea
OceaniaAustralia, New Zealand, and South Pacific
Latin AmericaBrazil
South America
Mexico and Central America
Caribbean
North AmericaUnited States and Canada
Appendix 1. Translation into English, by the Numbers
Appendix 2. Supplemental Resources
Index
Info autore
M. A. Orthofer
Relazione
We live in an age of paradoxes: The global internet allows us to communicate with each other on a level unknown to mankind a few decades before. On the other hand there are more than 6000 different languages on this planet 6000 barriers to mutual understanding. Although English has become the lingua franca in science, we know very little about the cultural self-interpretation of these numerous language-groups. One of the traditional and proven vessels of cultural self-identification is fictional literature. M.A. Orthofer's "Complete Review Guide to Contemporary World Fiction" opens a welcome window to the wide literary world for all readers of English, who depend on the efforts of translators. His guide will encourage its readers to venture abroad while reading - staying at home or in a library." - Michael Naumann, Director of the Barenboim-Said Academy in Berlin, former comissioner of culture of Germany, and founder of Metropolitan Books in New York.
