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The Booker-shortlisted Italian author speaks to Al Majalla about re-imagining a classic, the art of translation, and how digital life is changing the way we see ourselves

'The Book of Disappearance' by Ibtisam Azem revisits 1948 and its lasting impact of displacement and occupation, presenting a Palestine of memory and a Palestine of today

The award-winning novelist who was forced into exile has a new book in the works, but with the horrors of war in his homeland still unfurling, this latest offering is different, he tells Al Majalla

The Nobel Prize-winning novel takes readers on a journey through the landscape of memory and pain, revisiting an evil committed three-quarters of a century ago to illuminate the present

Kamel Daoud's 'Houris' weaves together the suffering of the body with the suffering of a society sworn to silence over a trauma that has yet to heal

The award-winning French novelist tells Al Majalla about the inspiration behind his book, 'At Night All Blood Is Black,' and the challenges of merging fact with fiction

The award-winning novelist, whose storylines are known for their prescience, tells Al Majalla how Russia's invasion of Ukraine has irrevocably changed him

Erpenbeck tells the story of a crumbling love affair, symbolising the end of her native East Germany. She tells Al Majalla about her life and literary career.

The rodent's reputation, revamped

There is a kind of magic in this fairy tale for adults, but the deeper meaning lurking in the story is an illusion itself