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The latest by award winner Matar (My Friends) explores the overriding theme of translation: on the surface, what is lost when literature is translated from one language to another, but also how an outsider translates himself into a culture not his own. The novel follows Khaled, a young Libyan who receives a scholarship to attend the University of Edinburgh. His classmate Mustafa persuades him to attend a protest ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More