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More about Mothersland! https://www.full-stop.net/2024/10/14/reviews/sarahgear/mothersland-shahzoda-samarqandi/ Thank you to Sarah Gear for her careful reading and writing and Full Stop for publishing. Slavica Publishers Shahzoda Samarqandi

Mothersland – Shahzoda Samarqandi Mahtab has translated herself into her mother, and she has translated the past to make it her own.

Sometimes, a review reveals aspects of a work you've completely forgotten or didn't even fully realize. They key is having two talented, insightful writers involved, who can appreciate and process real history and fictional characters and make it all come alive. I'm lucky enough to work with an outstanding pair of such writers: Shahzoda Samarqandi, author of Mothersland, and Olga Zilberbourg, who wrote the smart, appreciative review linked below. Read the review! Read the book!

on Mothersland, a novel by Shahzoda Samarqandi, translated from the Russian by Shelley Fairweather-Vega – On the Seawall “A complex mixture of ‘bluntness and grace, directness and song’ to which W. S. Merwin attributes the unique tension and power of Thomas Wyatt’s verse attracts me devotedly to the work of Jessica Fisher and Carl Phillips.”

Coming very soon from Slavica Publishers' Three String Books: this moving novel by Shahzoda Samarqandi. You're going to love it.

Mothersland Product Overview   "I don't remember exactly whether my youth ended, and then the USSR, or if it was the other way around.  But I do know that those two things are connected.  Now I'm left here between two truths: the truth of the land, and the truth of the sea."   This haunting novel by the wor...

Issue Two of Turkoslavia - the only journal precisely matching my own professional linguistic geography - contains excerpts from my translations of novels by Hamid Ismailov, Султан Раев, and Таласбек Әсемқұлов - Таласбек Асемкулов. If you look closely enough, you'll also find my latest manifesto on the uses and abuses of the Russian language when it comes to translating literature from Central Asia. Go and read!

Issue 2 | Turkoslavia Exchanges is an online journal of literary translation published biannually. Founded in 1989 by poet and translator Daniel Weissbort, Exchanges has published the work of award-winning writers and translators across the country and the globe, including Deborah Smith, Jennifer Croft, Jeremy Tiang, Aro...

Reader reviews of Batu and the Search for the Golden Cup are coming in, and Mark Twain is a big fan! And so is someone I can only assume is not Steve Bannon. https://www.amazon.com/Batu-Search-Golden-Zira-Nauryzbai/dp/166250702X/

Our first Kirkus Review!

BATU AND THE SEARCH FOR THE GOLDEN CUP | Kirkus Reviews To locate a powerful relic, a group of friends must find allies and confront monsters from Kazakh mythology in this translation from Russian that was a bestseller in Kazakhstan.

Out today!

Amanat: Women's Writing from Kazakhstan a book by Zaure Batayeva and Shelley Fairweather-Vega An unprecedented collection of women's voices from the heart of Central Asia.From the foreword by Gabriel Mcguire: "I cannot think of anything quite like ... Amanat."A man is arrested for a single typo, a woman gets on buses at random, and two friends reunite in a changed world.... Diverse in form,....

Next out from the translation side of FairVega!

"Amanat" Means Sacred Trust 📙 - Gaudy Boy Translates Announces 2nd Title https://mailchi.mp/singaporeunbound/amanat-means-sacred-trust

This seems like a good year for a linguistic revolution. Ukrainian-language books are on their way!

Before this man was the world's favorite resistance fighter, he was a comedy star who played the Ukrainian president on TV. FairVega Russian Library Services is proud to offer three seasons of "Слуга народа / Sluga naroda" on DVD in North American/NTSC format for your library. (Russian only, English subtitles in Season 1 only). #нетвойне

FairVega Translations and Russian Library Services stands with the brave people of Ukraine as they resist an unprovoked and unlawful invasion. We know the "Russian World" is diverse, multiethnic, and multinational, and we firmly believe the best aspects of Russian culture will eventually prevail over tyranny and violence. In our translation business, we'll continue to seek out and share with the world stories that challenge nationalist and colonialist mindsets. In the library business, we recommit to providing our library clients with Russian-language literature that reflects the full diversity of views of people who write and publish in Russian, so they can provide the Russian-speakers in their communities with the information and entertainment they seek.

Currently, logistical difficulties and other considerations make it impossible for FairVega to order books from suppliers in Russia and Ukraine. We will continue to fill orders from our existing inventory and US-based suppliers as long as possible. If your library's standing order is affected, we'll contact you directly soon.

Please join us in hoping for and working toward a quick end to the war and lasting peace to come. #нетвойне

What we've been up to lately on the translation side of things: Two new books coming soon, and pondering how to do even more!

The Best Feeling in the World: Translator Shelley Fairweather-Vega on What It Takes to Bring a Book to a Publisher There is some amazing writing being produced in Kazakhstan and other Central Asian countries right now, and writers in the region are telling stories that we English-speakers won’t hear anywhere el…