Nearly eight decades after his death, Osamu Dazai has become an unlikely figure of fascination for a new generation of readers. Clips about him circulate on TikTok, he appears as a character in the manga and anime Bungo Stray Dogs,…
In a recent Guardian article, journalist Pushpinder Khaneka makes a compelling case for reading the world through novels. Rather than relying on headlines, travel shows or news reports, he turns to literature from Africa, Asia and Latin America to understand…
For most of literary history, translators have been invisible. They appear in acknowledgements, if at all, and their labour is often taken for granted. Yet in recent years something unusual has happened: translators have stepped into fiction itself, not only…