Karen Emmerich

Sep 16, 2024 | asymptotejournal.com | Mariana Enríquez |Megan McDowell |Karen Emmerich |Kalia Papadaki

When we first started the What’s New in Translation column in 2015, it was to offer readers a look at the incredible work done by writers, translators, and publishers all around the world. Gathering some of the most exciting publications coming out each month, the column featured regular reviews from trusted critical voices, giving the spotlight over to this great wealth of literary work.

Feb 17, 2024 | kirkusreviews.com | Karen Emmerich |Jeff Kinney

At once evocative of times past and more cogent than ever. A fresh translation of an acclaimed 1963 novel about the rise of fascism in pre–World War II Greece. Zei’s tale sensitively chronicles both rising political tensions and general patterns of life on a Greek island in the mid-1930s, when the country was under the dictatorship of Gen. Ioannis Metaxas, as seen through the eyes of 7-year-old Melia.