Poetry on Exile, Comics on Depression, Autofiction on Dementia, Books-in-Books & Memoirs
Books discussed:
Everything Is OK by Debbie Tung
Why Did You Leave the Horse Alone? by Mahmoud Darwish, translated by Jeffrey Sacks
The Applicant by Nazlı Koca
Dislocations by Sylvia Molloy, translated by Jennifer Croft
The Hard Parts: A Memoir of Courage and Triumph by Oksana Masters
The Sewing Circles of Herat: A Personal Voyage Through Afghanistan by Christina Lamb
Also Mentioned:
Book Love, Quiet Girl in a Noisy World, Happily Ever After by Debbie Tung
In the Presence of Absence by Mahmoud Darwish, translated by Sinan Antoon
Madonna in a Fur Coat by Sabahattin Ali, translated by Alexander Dawe
Boys in Zinc/Zinky Boys: Soviet Voices from the Afghanistan War by Svetlana Alexievich, translated by Sergio Rapetti
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