Frédérique Martin, from The Despair of the Roses

Translated from the French by Hilary McGrath

Mireia Vidal-Conte on Miquel de Palol

Translated from the Catalan by Adrian Nathan West

Steve Komarnyckyj on Ukraine’s “Executed Renaissance”

Maryam Madjidi, from Marx and the Doll

Translated from the French by Ruth Diver

Michel Faleme, from Zarma: Yennendi

Translated from the French by Andrea Reece

Elisa Shua Dusapin, from Winter in Sokcho

Translated from the French by Aneesa Abbas Higgins

Pierre Jourde, from The Marshal Absolute

Translated from the French by Alexander Dickow

Valentine Goby, from Touch My Body and I'll Kill You

Translated from the French by Hodna Bentali Gharsallah Nuernberg