Book Giveaway! Women in Translation Month

August is Women in Translation Month–a time in which we celebrate and read works in translation by female authors. In appreciation of our women in translation, this week we are delving into our backlist to feature fiction and nonfiction from around the world.

Among the titles we will be featuring are:

The Fall of Language in the Age of English

Minae Mizumura. Translated by Mari Yoshihara and Juliet Winters Carpenter

The Song of Everlasting Sorrow

A Novel of Shanghai

Wang Anyi. Translated by Michael Berry and Susan Chan Egan

A Private Life

Chen Ran . Translated by John Howard-Gibbon

There a Petal Silently Falls

Three Stories by Ch’oe Yun

Ch’oe Yun. Translated by Bruce Fulton and Ju-Chan Fulton

River of Fire and Other Stories

O Chŏnghŭi. Translated by Bruce Fulton and Ju-Chan Fulton

Virginia Woolf

A Portrait

Viviane Forrester. Translated by Jody Gladding

We will be featuring content from the books throughout the week on our blog as well as on our Twitter feed and our Facebook page. Be sure to enter our giveaway by filling out the form below for a chance to win your choice of a copy of one of this week’s featured titles. The winner will be contacted on Friday, August 30.

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