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Republic of the Congo

The covers of the five books featured in the Watchlist: Dandelion Daughter, The Stone Breakers,...

The Watchlist: September 2023

By Tobias Carroll

Tobias Carroll recommends new books in translation you won’t want to miss from Canada, Colombia, France, the Republic of the Congo, and Russia.

The Madman of Bonanjo

By Alain Mabanckou

You can hang a man from a tree, but you cannot hang History with him.

Translated from French by Helen Stevenson

Multilingual

Blue, White, Red

By Alain Mabanckou

Don’t say a word to anyone. Come alone. Make sure that you’re not being followed.

Translated from French by Alison Dundy

Broken Glass

By Alain Mabanckou

…over the slightest little argument or some minor act of injustice, they would say “I Accuse,”…

Translated from French by Nick Caistor

From “African Psycho”

By Alain Mabanckou

I have decided to kill Germaine on December 29.

Translated from French by Christine Schwartz Hartley