Farishta Salehi tells the story of a liberating friendship that gives a young woman a renewed sense of agency.

In this melancholy novel excerpt, a Vietnamese woman abandons her studies in France and returns home, against the wishes of her domineering father.

For Nguyễn Đức Tùng’s autofictional protagonist, memories of an acquaintance from an idyllic time prior to the escalation of the Vietnam War raise profound questions about family, exile, and loss.

Winner of the 2024 Armory Square Prize for South Asian Literature in Translation, this excerpt from Fahmida Riaz’s novel Fortress of the Forgotten Ones takes us to the heart of the Sassanid Empire, where opulence and oppression collide, and a silent…

A finalist for the 2024 Armory Square Prize for South Asian Literature in Translation, this extract from Abha Purbey’s novella Gulabiya follows a farm manager as he quietly breaks under the weight of overwork and lost love.