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Introduction xi
ANDRE DUBUS I I I
Where Are You Running To? 3
MA JIAN
China
Introduced by Jonathan Safran Foer
Translated from the Chinese by Flora Drew
Meteorite Mountain 23
CAN XUE
China
Introduced by Ha Jin
Translated from the Chinese by Zhu Hong
Looking for the Elephant 38
JO KYUNG RAN
South Korea
Introduced by Don Lee
Translated from the Korean by Heinz Insu Fenkl
Children of the Sky 56
SENO GUMIRA AJIDARMA
Indonesia
Introduced by Pramoedya Ananta Toer
Translated from the Indonesian by John H.McGlynn
The Scripture Read Backward 64
PARASHURAM
Bangladesh
Introduced by Amit Chaudhuri
Translated from the Bengali by Sukanta Chaudhuri
The Unfinished Game 81
GOLI TARAGHI
Iran
Introduced by Francine Prose
Translated from the Persian by Zara Houshmand
The Day in Buenos Aires 111
JABBAR YUSSIN HUSSIN
Iraq
Introduced by Alberto Manguel
Translated from the Arabic by Randa Jarrar
Two Poems 120
SANIYYA SALEH
Syria
Introduced by Adonis
Translated from the Arabic by Issa J. Boullata
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Faint Hints of Tranquillity 131
ADANIA SHIBLI
Palestine
Introduced by Anton Shammas
Translated from the Arabic by Anton Shammas
Shards of Reality and Glass 142
HASSAN KHADER
Palestine
Introduced by Ahdaf Soueif
Translated from the Arabic by Ahdaf Soueif
A Drowsy Haze 162
GAMAL AL-GHITANI
Egypt
Introduced by Naguib Mahfouz
Translated from the Arabic by William Maynard Hutchins
The Uses of English 173
AKINWUMI ISOLA
Nigeria
Introduced by Wole Soyinka
Translated from the Yoruba by Akinwumi Isola
from Provisional 184
GABRIELA ADAMESTEANU
Romania
Introduced by Norman Manea
Translated from the Romanian by Carrie Messenger
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Two Poems 200
SENADIN MUSABEGOVIC´
Bosnia
Introduced by Aleksandar Hemon
Translated from the Bosnian by Ulvija Tanovi´c
from Experiment with India 206
GIORGIO MANGANELLI
Italy
Introduced by Roberto Calasso
Translated from the Italian by Ann Goldstein
from The Fish of Berlin 212
ELEONORA HUMMEL
Germany
Introduced by Günter Grass
Translated from the German by Susan Bernofsky
Seven Poems 220
BRONISLAW MAJ
Poland
Introduced by the Editors
Translated by Clare Cavanagh
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from His Majesty,Almighty Death 224
MYRIAM ANISSIMOV
France
Introduced by Cynthia Ozick
Translated from the French by C. Dickson
from October 27, 2003 237
ETEL ADNAN
France
Introduced by Diana Abu Jaber
Translated from the French by C. Dickson with Etel Adnan
Vietnam.Thursday. 241
JOHAN HARSTAD
Norway
Introduced by Heidi Julavits
Translated from the Norwegian by Deborah Dawkin and Erik Skuggevik
Lightweight Champ 255
JUAN VILLORO
Mexico
Introduced by Javier Marías
Translated from the Spanish by Lisa Dillman
The Sheika’s Condition 279
MARIO BELLATIN
Mexico
Introduced by Francisco Goldman
Translated from the Spanish by Cindy Schuster
When I Was a Man 286
AMBAR PAST
Mexico
Introduced by Elena Poniatowska
Translated from the Spanish by Samantha Schnee
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from Revulsion 295
HORACIO CASTELLANOS MOYA
El Salvador
Introduced by Roberto Bolaño
Translated from the Spanish by Beatriz Cortez
The Chareron Inheritance 311
EVELYNE TROUILLOT
Haiti
Introduced by Edwidge Danticat
Translated from the French by Avriel Goldberger
from Kind’s Silence 323
MARCELA SOLÁ
Argentina
Introduced by Luisa Valenzuela
Translated from the Spanish by Tobias Hecht
Baked Mud 332
JUAN JOSÉ SAER
Argentina
Introduced by José Saramago
Translated from the Spanish by Sergio Waisman
Swimming at Night 343
JUAN FORN
Argentina
Introduced by Ariel Dorfman
Translated from the Spanish by Marina Harss
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