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Sandorf Passage publishes work that creates a prismatic perspective on what it means to live in a globalized world. It is a home to writing inspired by both conflict zones and the dangers of complacency. sandorfpassage.org

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sandorfpassage.bsky.social @sandorfpassage.bsky.social · 17h
@buchmesse.de vibe report: being in a meeting with an Icelandic agent whose phone keeps ringing because a Swedish journalist knows the agent has Anne Carson’s phone number. #booksky
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sandorfpassage.bsky.social @sandorfpassage.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Greetings from Zagreb. We’re on the way to @buchmesse.de but before days of back-to-back meetings, still time to bask in the afterglow of the Lit Link Festival, where we saw old friends and met new ones. And put our new tote bags to good use on the beach!
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Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP) @clmporg.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
As autumn continues, don’t forget to bookmark our reading list for #NationalTranslationMonth so you can return to it year-round! www.clmp.org/news/a-readi...
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A Reading List for National Translation Month 2026 - Community of Literary Magazines and Presses
For National Translation Month, observed annually during the month of September, we asked our member magazines and presses to share some of the literature they have published in translation.  …
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Words Without Borders & WWB Campus @wwborders.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Khrystia Vengryniuk’s THE HAMLET CALLED AMERICA (tr. Dmytro Kyyan and Kate Tsurkan, @sandorfpassage.bsky.social) takes us to an isolated Ukrainian village with “bits of superstition, folklore, unexplained moments, and a bit too much familial togetherness.” bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
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The Hamlet Called America
In The Hamlet Called America, Khrystia Vengryniuk has brilliantly rendered a mostly isolated village--full of eccentric characters living, loving, and losing together--and in doing so has created an…
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sandorfpassage.bsky.social @sandorfpassage.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Closed Season by Monika Herceg (tr. Marina Veverec) is “a poetic, antipatriarchal tour de force . . . [that] uses intimately personal language to create an eye-opening universal female experience.” @worldlittoday.bsky.social worldliteraturetoday.org/blog/book-re...
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Giving Voice to the Voiceless and Powerless: Monika Herceg’s Closed Season, by Nicole Yurcaba
Nicole Yurcaba reviews Monika Herceg’s 2025 verse collection, calling it “a feminist manifesto in its own worthy right.”
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sandorfpassage.bsky.social @sandorfpassage.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Friends here in #maine, come on out to Lambs this Thursday to mix and mingle with local publishers.
Flyer for September 24 Maine publishers Mix & Mingle at Lambs in South Portland
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sandorfpassage.bsky.social @sandorfpassage.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
If you’re looking for us this afternoon, we’re here. Because the best beaches are #maine beaches in September.
A Maine beach in September
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sandorfpassage.bsky.social @sandorfpassage.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
It’s National Translation Month. Here are four books we’ve published this year and two that will be available in October and November—all of them translated! Read translated books year-round! #booksky
Image of the six 2026 Sandorf Passage titles: She Who Remains, The Book of Visits, The Minister, A Plan to Save the World, The Hamlet Called America, Dogs
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sandorfpassage.bsky.social @sandorfpassage.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
For us, every month is about translation but September is National Translation Month, so here’s a peek at Fall 2027. We’ll have ARCs early next year, but if you want to read Lejla before then, grab Call Me Esteban, one of the first books we published. sandorfpassage.org/product/call... #booksky
Cover reveal for Quick, Think Up a City by Lejla Kalamujić (tr. Ena Selimović)
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sandorfpassage.bsky.social @sandorfpassage.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Looking for weird, wild, and wonderful book recommendations? Then subscribe to @joshthelibromancer.bsky.social’s relaunched newsletter. And if anything piques your interest order it from @portersqbooks.bsky.social or another mighty independent bookstore. #booksky
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sandorfpassage.bsky.social @sandorfpassage.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Incredible! Malala Yousafzai recommends Rene Karabash’s She Who Remains (tr. @izidoraangel.bsky.social) at Oprah Daily: “I was fascinated by how much this book asks about gender, freedom, and the choices women are allowed to make.” #booksky www.oprahdaily.com/entertainmen...
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6 Books Malala Yousafzai Recommends About Freedom, Identity, and Finding Your Own Way
The youngest Nobel Prize-winner in history reveals the memoirs and novels that made a difference.
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Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP) @clmporg.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Featuring @openletterbooks.bsky.social, @newvesselpress.bsky.social, @catalystpress.bsky.social, @deepvellum.bsky.social, @sandorfpassage.bsky.social, @twolinespress.com, @wwborders.bsky.social, @anmlymag.bsky.social, @hopkinsreview.bsky.social, and more: www.clmp.org/news/a-readi...
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A Reading List for National Translation Month 2026 - Community of Literary Magazines and Presses
For National Translation Month, observed annually during the month of September, we asked our member magazines and presses to share some of the literature they have published in translation.  …
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sandorfpassage.bsky.social @sandorfpassage.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Women in Translation Month is over, but we’re all about reading women in translation year-round. Need suggestions? How about our final 2026 titles? Out in October and November, The Hamlet Called America and Dogs are both dark but illuminating novels that you won’t soon forget. #witmonth #booksky
Image of the novels The Hamlet Called America and DogsImage of the novels The Hamlet Called America and Dogs
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sandorfpassage.bsky.social @sandorfpassage.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
We can’t wrap up #witmonth w/o celebrating Rene Karabash’s She Who Remains, delicately yet decisively decanted from Bulgarian by @izidoraangel.bsky.social. It was on Service95’s 21 Must-Read Books to Have On Your Radar in 2026, even before being shortlisted @thebookerprizes.com. #booksky
Image of She Who Remains covers
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Cait_onthe_luce @caitluce.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Two of my favorite publishers! Support small presses!
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sandorfpassage.bsky.social @sandorfpassage.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
This👇👇! Some super-hyped books are great. But the machinations of corporate publishing have more or less guaranteed their success. So why not support the visions of indie publishers who unabashedly prioritize their individual tastes and the hunt for truly singular books? #booksky
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sandorfpassage.bsky.social @sandorfpassage.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Still looking for some Women in Translation Month reads? How about one, or all, of these, tracking women fighting to stake out their identities on their own terms? And be honest: How many novels have you read by a Surinamese author? #witmonth #booksky
Image of three novels: My Home Somewhere Else, Call Me Esteban, and My Name Is Sita
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sandorfpassage.bsky.social @sandorfpassage.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Want to read two of today’s most exciting Croatian authors? Then don’t sleep on Maša Kolanović and Martina Vidaić. They’ve both won the EU Prize for Literature and the English-language translations of these novels by Ena Selimović and Ellen Elias-Bursać are critically acclaimed. #witmonth #booksky
Image of two English-language editions of contemporary Croatian novels: Underground Barbie and Bedbugs
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Cait_onthe_luce @caitluce.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I'm reading Dogs by Dora Sustic; translated by Ena Selimovic. Chapter 2: "I was twenty-one and taking a train to Prague. The sun was blazing through the dirty windows of the old Czechoslovakian carriage as passengers looked out at the scenery and blew smoke." #WITmonth @sandorfpassage.bsky.social
A galley of Dogs in front of an overstuffed bookcase.
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sandorfpassage.bsky.social @sandorfpassage.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Looking to surrender yourself to a long novel for Women in Translation Month? We suggest The Case of Cem by Vera Mutafchieva (tr. Angela Rodel) and Water, Spiderweb by Nada Gasić (tr. Ellen Elias-Bursać). Both are slightly mysterious, epic in scope, and utterly unforgettable. #witmonth #booksky
Image of two novels: The Case of Cem by Vera Mutafchieva and Water, Spiderweb by Nada GasićImage of two novels as seen looking at the spines: The Case of Cem by Vera Mutafchieva and Water, Spiderweb by Nada Gasić
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Cait_onthe_luce @caitluce.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
My Saturday read is The Hamlet Called America by Khrystia Vengryniuk; translated by Dmytro Kyyan & Kate Tsurkan. From the publisher's description: Set in the Ukrainian village named America and featuring a cast of eccentric characters. Out in September from @sandorfpassage.bsky.social #WITmonth
A galley of The Hamlet Called America.
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Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston @portersqbooks.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Vera Mutafchieva - The Case of Cem Published by @sandorfpassage.bsky.social Translated by Angela Rodel portersquarebooks.com/book/9789533...
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The Case of Cem
It’s 1481, and as seen from the centers of power in Rome and Venice, the cultures of Europe are under threat from the expansion of the Ottoman Empire. When the exalted Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror dies...
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sandorfpassage.bsky.social @sandorfpassage.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
It’s Women in Translation Month. Don’t forget the poets, like these extraordinary, and wildly different, writers: Monika Herceg, tr. by Marina Veverec; Marija Dejanović, tr. by Vesna Maric; Ivana Bodrožić, tr. by Ellen Elias-Bursac, and Sibila Petlevski, self-translated! #witmonth #booksky
Image of five Sandorf Passage poetry books for Women in Translation Month
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sandorfpassage.bsky.social @sandorfpassage.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Here’s a great @worldlittoday.bsky.social interview with Rene Karabash and @izidoraangel.bsky.social. #witmonth #booksky worldliteraturetoday.org/blog/intervi...
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Giving the Freedom to the Reader: A Conversation with Rene Karabash and Izidora Angel, by Mohd Farhan
Mohd Farhan interviews Rene Karabash and Izidora Angel about their 2026 International Booker Prize shortlisted novel.
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sandorfpassage.bsky.social @sandorfpassage.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
It’s August, which means it’s Women in Translation Month. We’ll be featuring our books written and translated by women for the rest of August. But for now, here are some covers to whet your appetite. #witmonth #booksky
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sandorfpassage.bsky.social @sandorfpassage.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
ARCs of Dogs by Dora Šustić are in! Translated by Ena Selimović, this is a sultry novel about intense first love, profound longing, bodies, rejection, and mirages, jumping between Croatia, Czechia, and Spain. Think Sally Rooney, but darker. Interested in this November title? Let us know.
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sandorfpassage.bsky.social @sandorfpassage.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
ARCs of Dogs by Dora Šustić are in! Translated by Ena Selimović, this is a sultry novel about intense first love, profound longing, bodies, rejection, and mirages, jumping between Croatia, Czechia, and Spain. Think Sally Rooney, but darker. Interested in this November title? Let us know.
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sandorfpassage.bsky.social @sandorfpassage.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Wow—the mighty @bookshop.org has named She Who Remains one of the Best Books of 2026 (So Far)! bookshop.org/lists/booksh...
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Bookshop.org's Best Books of 2026 (So Far)
The Best Books of 2026 (So Far) We are somehow already halfway through 2026, and the book lovers here at Bookshop.
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Words Without Borders & WWB Campus @wwborders.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Happy pub day to this new book, translated by WWB contributor Ibrahim Fawzy!
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sandorfpassage.bsky.social @sandorfpassage.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Happy publication day to Hassan Akram’s A Plan to Save the World (tr. Ibrahim Fawzy). In this jewel of a novel childhood idealism clashes with the stark realities of living through war in a boy’s mission to not only save the world, but himself. #booksky
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sandorfpassage.bsky.social @sandorfpassage.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Want to hear Rene Karabash and @izidoraangel.bsky.social talk shop about She Who Remains? Tune in from anywhere Saturday, June 13, at noon EST for this Transnational Literature Series event. www.eventbrite.com/e/transnatio...
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Transnational Series: Rene Karabash and Izidora Angel with Kristin T. Lee
The Transnational Series hosts author Rene Karabash and translator Izidora Angel to honor the release of She Who Remains with Kristin T. Lee
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sandorfpassage.bsky.social @sandorfpassage.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
We’re publishing Barbara Matejčić’s riveting and timely read about violence and journalistic responsibility early next year: “Did the two young Belgraders with cameras only document the brutal murder of civilians or were their lenses not just witnesses but accomplices to the crime?“
Cover reveal got Killing for a Photograph
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sandorfpassage.bsky.social @sandorfpassage.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Want to hear Rene Karabash and @izidoraangel.bsky.social talk shop about She Who Remains? Tune in from anywhere Saturday, June 13, at noon EST for this Transnational Literature Series event. www.eventbrite.com/e/transnatio...
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Transnational Series: Rene Karabash and Izidora Angel with Kristin T. Lee
The Transnational Series hosts author Rene Karabash and translator Izidora Angel to honor the release of She Who Remains with Kristin T. Lee
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sandorfpassage.bsky.social @sandorfpassage.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Thanks @ssacks.bsky.social for featuring The Minster in @wsj.com! “Bošković emphasizes the contrast between the power and 'unequivocalness' of the state and sensitivity of the artist . . . Killing poets turns out to be less of a problem than feeling guilty about it.”
Photo of the June 6-7 Wall Street Journal Review that includes a review of The Minister
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sandorfpassage.bsky.social @sandorfpassage.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
It’s #pride month! Why not celebrate with one, or all, of these completely different reads? A contemporary Bulgarian classic about an Albanian sworn virgin, a Bulgarian masterpiece about the Ottoman Empire and lost love, and a haunting book about identity and mourning the loss of a mother. #booksky
Celebrating Pride Month with Call Me Esteban, The Case of Cem, and She Who Remains
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sandorfpassage.bsky.social @sandorfpassage.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Don’t miss @coryoldweiler.bsky.social on The Minister @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social. “A newly translated Montenegrin novel combines dashes of Kafka, Kadare, and early Kundera with a style that is all Stefan Bošković’s own.” lareviewofbooks.org/article/mini...
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Consummating Our Incomplete Nation | Los Angeles Review of Books
A newly translated Montenegrin novel combines dashes of Kafka, Kadare, and early Kundera with a style that is all Stefan Bošković’s own.
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sandorfpassage.bsky.social @sandorfpassage.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
@tobiascarroll.bsky.social features Will Firth’s translation of The Minister by Stefan Bošković on the @wwborders.bsky.social May Watchlist! “If you enjoy your tales of personal and professional crises laced with grim comedy, you’ll find plenty to savor here.” wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...
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The Watchlist: May 2026 - Words Without Borders
New releases in translation from Ecuador, Montenegro, and Vietnam—find all these and more in Tobias Carroll's latest Watchlist.
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sandorfpassage.bsky.social @sandorfpassage.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Thrilled to learn that She Who Remains has made it onto the Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers list! Independent publishing is nothing without independent bookstores. Thanks to all of the booksellers out there championing this remarkable novel! #booksky
Partial image of Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers list, featuring She Who Remains at #32
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sandorfpassage.bsky.social @sandorfpassage.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Mark your calendar: June 13 Rene Karabash and @izidoraangel.bsky.social will talk shop about She Who Remains with Kristin T. Lee for a special remote @brooklinebooksmith.bsky.social Transnational Literature Series event. www.eventbrite.com/e/transnatio...
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Transnational Series: Rene Karabash and Izidora Angel with Kristin T. Lee
The Transnational Series hosts author Rene Karabash and translator Izidora Angel to honor the release of She Who Remains with Kristin T. Lee
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sandorfpassage.bsky.social @sandorfpassage.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
She Who Remains didn’t win @thebookerprizes.com last night. But congratulations are still in order for Rene Karabash, @izidoraangel.bsky.social, and our friends at Peirene Press. The conversations around this remarkable novel are only getting started!
She Who Remains author Rene Karabash and translator Izidora Angel outside of Tate Modern ahead of the International Booker Prize award ceremony
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Buzz Poole @buzzpoole.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Always happy to be in London, but especially excited to attend @thebookerprizes.com International Booker Prize awards tomorrow night at Tate Modern to celebrate the translation of great writing from around the world, and root for She Who Remains!
Photo of exterior of Tate Modern and the slogan “See great art from around the world”
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sandorfpassage.bsky.social @sandorfpassage.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Don’t miss @coryoldweiler.bsky.social on The Minister @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social. “A newly translated Montenegrin novel combines dashes of Kafka, Kadare, and early Kundera with a style that is all Stefan Bošković’s own.” lareviewofbooks.org/article/mini...
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Consummating Our Incomplete Nation | Los Angeles Review of Books
A newly translated Montenegrin novel combines dashes of Kafka, Kadare, and early Kundera with a style that is all Stefan Bošković’s own.
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sandorfpassage.bsky.social @sandorfpassage.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Out today: The Minister by Stefan Bošković (tr. Will Firth). This sharp, bitingly relevant political noir reveals the ugly truths about how the promises of democratic change empower corrupt politicians and organized crime syndicates, fan the flames of nationalism, and eradicate the middle class.
Front cover of The Minister by Stefan Bošković (tr. Will Firth)The first page of The Minister by Stefan Bošković (tr. Will Firth)
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nové příchutě @zmrzlina.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Picked up Borderlines from @argonautbooks.bsky.social in Leith and devoured it immediately at a pub down the street. Check out @sandorfpassage.bsky.social for their curated collection and extremely important work (Underground Barbie is genius and perfectly highlights their efforts) 📚💙

Reading wrap-up graphic for @kojicic's April 2026. Stats: 16 books read, 5,361 pages, average rating 4.11. Highest rated reads (all 4.75 stars): *Yesteryear* by Caro Claire Burke, *Borderlines: A History of Europe in 29 Borders* by Lewis Baston, and *Underground Barbie* by Maša Kolanović. Average book length: 335 pages; average time to finish: 4 days.
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sandorfpassage.bsky.social @sandorfpassage.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Out today: The Book of Visits, self-translated by Dinko Telećan—hard to categorize, impossible to forget. “The Book of Visits blends Mallo’s phenomenal attention with the tenderness of Rilke’s Book of Hours. A sublime book at the edge of all being.”— @alinaetc.bsky.social, author of My Heresies
The Book of Visits by Dinko Telećan
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sandorfpassage.bsky.social @sandorfpassage.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Do you run a bookstore in the EU that carries a dynamic English-language selection, like Cărturești & friends in Romania? Our list is now available through Bill Bailey Publisher’s Representatives; the books ship from Zagreb. Get in on the action!
Sandorf Passage books at Cărturești & friends in RomaniaSandorf Passage books at Cărturești & friends in Romania
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sandorfpassage.bsky.social @sandorfpassage.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
This is stunning.
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Asian Review of Books @asianreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Today in the ARB: Alan Ali Saeed reviews “The Competition of Unfinished Stories” by Sener Ozmen tr from Kurdish by Nicholas Glastonbury @sandorfpassage.bsky.social asianreviewofbooks.com/the-competit...
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“The Competition of Unfinished Stories” by Sener Ozmen
Sertac Karan, a Turkish-Kurd and the protagonist of this absurdist black comedy, is a would-be writer who is alienated from society and much given to procrastination. From childhood, his exorbitant im...
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sandorfpassage.bsky.social @sandorfpassage.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
“Rene Karabash’s hypnotic debut novel, She Who Remains, nimbly translated by Izidora Angel . . . defies neat classification . . . This propulsive read is a worthy contender for the International Booker crown." Financial Times www.ft.com/content/9248...
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She Who Remains — rites and wrongs in the Accursed Mountains
Rene Karabash’s tale of a ‘sworn virgin’ in a remote corner of Albania is a worthy shortlistee for the International Booker Prize
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sandorfpassage.bsky.social @sandorfpassage.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
The Arts Fuse chews on She Who Remains: “[A] Faulknerian intensity . . . The novel has a lurid, Grand Guignol atmosphere, shifting from narration to poetic incantation and back again." artsfuse.org/327163/book-...
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Book Review: Rene Karabash’s "She Who Remains" - A Balkan Tale of Gender, Law, and Survival - The Arts Fuse
However well or ill this smoldering novel works, it is undeniably compelling, with an ending neither tragic nor happy.
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