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A fascinatingly diverse anthology of the literature of exile, from the myths of Ancient Egypt to contemporary poetry.
A wonderful, provocative and resonant anthology. This is a necessary book. I loved it
Lovingly and purposefully prepared
Offers a uniquely varied look at a theme both ancient and urgently contemporary
André Naffis-Sahely is the author of the collection The Promised Land: Poems from Itinerant Life (Penguin UK, 2017) and the pamphlet The Other Side of Nowhere (Rough Trade Books, 2019). He is from Abu Dhabi, but was born in Venice to an Iranian father and an Italian mother. His translations include over twenty titles of fiction, poetry and nonfiction, featuring works by Honoré de Balzac, Émile Zola, Tahar Ben Jelloun, Rashid Boudjedra, Abdellatif Laâbi and Alessandro Spina. Several of these translations have been featured as 'books of the year' in the Guardian, Financial Times and NPR.