Buy The Book of Sana’a (ed. Laura Kasinof)
from Comma Press
ONE OF WORLD LITERATURE TODAY'S NOTABLE TRANSLATIONS OF 2025
'Despite its setting, or perhaps because of it, this is a vital, vibrant anthology filled with hopes and dreams, with flickers of magic and scathing satire. At the heart of these eloquently translated tales is the shared humanity of squabbling siblings, overprotective mothers, all that it means to be family.' - The Irish Times
‘In The Book of Sana’a, the stories act like vignettes or layers peeling off the capital city’s many streets, home interiors, and lives, taking us on sinuous roads, not unlike the Old City’s ancient alleyways, which prominently feature across the book’s diverse chapters… All of these coalesce into a polyphonic book where seasoned and emerging writers meet in the literary realm of Sana’a.’ - The New Arab
“A moving portrait of life as a war correspondent”- Kirkus Review
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“Laura’s candid account of her unplanned stint as a war reporter has the kind of detail that news stories leave out, like the hazards of riding a motor scooter through streets where there’s likely to be gunfire, or how to talk one’s way out of being kidnapped. You meet Laura’s circle of expat journalists, some still in Yemen, and witness Yemen’s Arab Spring of 2011 as it unfolds.” —A PRI’s The World’s top book of 2014