![]() ![]() ![]() Minor Detail has been tagged, by reviewers and her publisher, as a “war novel” or classified under “Israeli-Arab conflict,” yet it takes only a few pages for the reader to realize how stereotypically lazy such labels are. ![]() During her absence, Shibli was working on growing her theoretical and research approaches to support her grand quest for a language of life under occupation. That’s how long it has taken to complete this short novel, her third work of fiction. When discussing her latest novel, Minor Detail, Palestinian author Adania Shibli can’t hide her excitement at the mention of language-her eyes widen and lighten up, as does her smile-a language in pursuit of which she spent at least a decade of her life. ![]() Read more about the series in this interview with Meyer and Kareem, or have a look at the first installment in the series, Meyer's review of Cockfight by María Fernanda Ampuero. This is the second installment in WWB's new series Close-Up: An Experiment in Reviewing Translation, in which Lily Meyer and Mona Kareem review translated books with a focus on the translation itself. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |