Given that I can do whatever I want here, I’ve decided that I no longer want to play by my own rules, and that some posts can just be about straight-up literature rather than forcing a pairing where one might be more of a stretch than not that takes away from rather than enhances a…
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Minor Detail, by Adania Shibli
Trans. from Arabic by Elisabeth Jacquette Of the books I’ve read recently, I’ve been continually compelled by this one. I didn’t enjoy reading it, and I don’t enjoy remembering it; I found it grindingly oppressive in fact. But its achievement is undeniable in its effect. I was more glancingly informed than deeply familiar with the…