REVIEWS

“a rich and impressive anthology...This collection opens with an astonishing fact: "50 percent of all the books in translation now published worldwide are translated from English, but only 6 percent are translated into English." In conjunction with the well-known ignorance of most Americans about global politics—or even global geography—that statistic is reason enough for this absorbing book. The pieces themselves are all gems. Of special note: the wrenching work of Chinese writer Ma Jian; the beautiful prose of Indonesian writer Seno Gumira Ajidarma; and the acute social eye of Iranian writer Goli Taraghi....One of the best introductions to non-Western writers there is.” Kirkus Reviews