Life from Elsewhere

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Reflections on the free movement of people and stories, to mark the first ten years of English PEN's Writers in Translation programmeWriters in Translation, established in 2005 and supported by Bloomberg and Arts Council England, champions the best literature from around the world. To mark the programme's tenth anniversary, ten leading writers from around the world, many of whom have been supported in their work by English PEN, explore the themes of movement, freedom and narrative. Introduced by Amit Chaudhuri, the collection includes contributions from:Asmaa al GhulMahmoud DowlatabadiAyelet Gundar-GoshenChan KoonchungHanna KrallAndrey KurkovAndres NeumanAlain MabanckouElif ShafakSamar Yazbek