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<\/figure>“The Reflection of Sand<\/strong><\/a>” by Tan Gang, translated from the Chinese by Emily Jin<\/strong> (Clarkesworld<\/em>, June 1)<\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/ha-683x1024.jpg\")
<\/figure>\nWafers<\/a><\/em> by Ha Seong-nan, translated from the Korean by Janet Hong (Open Letter, June 4)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nThis 2006 collection of short stories is in line with the unsettling, engrossing style of Ha\u2019s other two collections that have been translated into English, the critical and commercial successes Flowers of Mold<\/em> and Bluebeard\u2019s First Wife<\/em>. A best-seller in Korea, Ha Seong-nan is one of the stars of contemporary short fiction, writing edgy, socially conscious stories that bring to mind the novels of Han Kang and the film Parasite.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/hilbig.jpg\")
<\/figure>\nUnder the Neomoon<\/em> <\/a>by Wolfgang Hilbig, translated from the German by Isabel Fargo Cole (Two Lines Press, June 11)<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\nAn electric collection that evokes the works of Andrei Tarkovsky and Ingeborg Bachmann, Under the Neomoon<\/em> is a neon-bright reminder of humanity\u2019s violent folly and the importance of storytelling from down below, from the wage worker\u2019s hovel. An abandoned construction site. Glowering pits and furnaces. A lone man in a bungalow. Widely considered to be one of the great German writers of the twentieth century, Wolfgang Hilbig\u2019s dark visions have long held readers aloft with their musical language and uncompromising vision of the modern world. In Under the Neomoon<\/em>, his debut short story collection originally published in East Germany in 1982, Hilbig\u2019s persistent fixations\u2014factory pits, rampant nature, and split identities\u2014are at their most visceral and brilliant.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>Wafers<\/a><\/em> by Ha Seong-nan, translated from the Korean by Janet Hong (Open Letter, June 4)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n This 2006 collection of short stories is in line with the unsettling, engrossing style of Ha\u2019s other two collections that have been translated into English, the critical and commercial successes Flowers of Mold<\/em> and Bluebeard\u2019s First Wife<\/em>. A best-seller in Korea, Ha Seong-nan is one of the stars of contemporary short fiction, writing edgy, socially conscious stories that bring to mind the novels of Han Kang and the film Parasite.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n An electric collection that evokes the works of Andrei Tarkovsky and Ingeborg Bachmann, Under the Neomoon<\/em> is a neon-bright reminder of humanity\u2019s violent folly and the importance of storytelling from down below, from the wage worker\u2019s hovel. An abandoned construction site. Glowering pits and furnaces. A lone man in a bungalow. Widely considered to be one of the great German writers of the twentieth century, Wolfgang Hilbig\u2019s dark visions have long held readers aloft with their musical language and uncompromising vision of the modern world. In Under the Neomoon<\/em>, his debut short story collection originally published in East Germany in 1982, Hilbig\u2019s persistent fixations\u2014factory pits, rampant nature, and split identities\u2014are at their most visceral and brilliant.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>Under the Neomoon<\/em> <\/a>by Wolfgang Hilbig, translated from the German by Isabel Fargo Cole (Two Lines Press, June 11)<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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