New fiction by Afghan Women
Selected by the Bookshop
Translator Parwana Fayyaz, Will Forrester, Translation and International Manager at English PEN, and author, feminist academic and activist, Kübra Gümüşay celebrate My Pen Is the Wing of a Bird, the first anthology of short fiction by Afghan women, as part of the Cambridge Literary Festival Spring Festival 2022 Online, available Friday 27 May to Monday 5 June. Book tickets here.
From the publisher:
A woman's fortitude saves her village from disaster. A teenager explores their identity in a moment of quiet. A petition writer reflects on his life, as a dog lies nursing her puppies. A tormented girl tries to find love through a horrific…
From the publisher:
What happens when our language is no longer fit for purpose, and how we can change the discourseLanguage opens up our world, and in the same instant, limits it. What does it mean to exist in a language that was never meant for you to speak?…
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