WLT Book Reviews | May 2012 | World Literature Today

FICTION

Sorry
Zoran Drvenkar
The Last Warner Woman
Kei Miller
After the Apocalypse
Maureen F. McHugh
The Lost Word
Oya Baydar. Stephanie Ateş, tr.
L’interrogatoire Pilate
Mario Boivin
The Girl in the Blue Beret
Bobbie Ann Mason
The World Through the Eyes of Angels
Mahmoud Saeed. Samuel Salter, Zahra Jishi, Rafah Abuinnab trs.
Three Messages and a Warning: Contemporary Mexican Short Stories of the Fantastic
Eduardo Jiménez Mayo, Chris N. Brown, eds.
Irma Voth
Miriam Toews
Berlin Stories
Robert Walser. Jochen Greven, ed. Susan Bernofsky, tr.
The Lake
Banana Yoshimoto. Michael Emmerich, tr.

VERSE

In the Shadow of Al-Andalus
Victor Hernández Cruz
Come, Thief
Jane Hirshfield
A Soul at Play
Shizue Ogawa. Donna Tamaki, Soraya Umewaka, and the author, trs.
Isceljenje
Nina Živančević

MISCELLANEOUS

Soul Talk, Song Language: Conversations with Joy Harjo
Joy Harjo & Tanaya Winder
Words, Not Swords: Iranian Women Writers and the Freedom of Movement
Farzaneh Milani
MetaMaus
Art Spiegelman

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FICTION

Sorry
Zoran Drvenkar

The Last Warner Woman
Kei Miller

After the Apocalypse
Maureen F. McHugh

The Lost Word
Oya Baydar. Stephanie Ateş, tr.

L’interrogatoire Pilate
Mario Boivin

The Girl in the Blue Beret
Bobbie Ann Mason

The World Through the Eyes of Angels
Mahmoud Saeed. Samuel Salter, Zahra Jishi, Rafah Abuinnab trs.

Three Messages and a Warning: Contemporary Mexican Short Stories of the Fantastic
Eduardo Jiménez Mayo, Chris N. Brown, eds.

Irma Voth
Miriam Toews

Berlin Stories
Robert Walser. Jochen Greven, ed. Susan Bernofsky, tr.

The Lake
Banana Yoshimoto. Michael Emmerich, tr.

VERSE

In the Shadow of Al-Andalus
Victor Hernández Cruz

Come, Thief
Jane Hirshfield

A Soul at Play
Shizue Ogawa. Donna Tamaki, Soraya Umewaka, and the author, trs.

Isceljenje
Nina Živančević

MISCELLANEOUS

Soul Talk, Song Language: Conversations with Joy Harjo
Joy Harjo & Tanaya Winder

Words, Not Swords: Iranian Women Writers and the Freedom of Movement
Farzaneh Milani

MetaMaus
Art Spiegelman

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FICTION

The Lost Word Oya Baydar. Stephanie Ateş, tr.

L’interrogatoire Pilate Mario Boivin

The Girl in the Blue Beret Bobbie Ann Mason

Irma Voth Miriam Toews

Berlin Stories Robert Walser. Jochen Greven, ed. Susan Bernofsky, tr.

The Lake Banana Yoshimoto. Michael Emmerich, tr.

VERSE

Isceljenje Nina Živančević

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Soul Talk, Song Language: Conversations with Joy Harjo Joy Harjo & Tanaya Winder

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May/June 2012

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The Lost Word
Oya Baydar. Stephanie Ateş, tr.

L’interrogatoire Pilate
Mario Boivin

The Girl in the Blue Beret
Bobbie Ann Mason

Irma Voth
Miriam Toews

Berlin Stories
Robert Walser. Jochen Greven, ed. Susan Bernofsky, tr.

The Lake
Banana Yoshimoto. Michael Emmerich, tr.

Isceljenje
Nina Živančević

Soul Talk, Song Language: Conversations with Joy Harjo
Joy Harjo & Tanaya Winder