We are absolutely thrilled to announce that Where the Wind Calls Home by Syrian writer Samar Yazbek has been selected as a 2024 National Book Awards Finalist for Translated Literature. Translated from the Arabic by Leri Price, Where the Wind Calls Home weighs the consequences of the Syrian civil war.
Planet of Clay, the previous novel by the author and translator duo Yazbek and Price, was named a National Book Award Finalist in 2021. This is the sixth World Editions title to be honored by the National Book Foundation. Please support your local bookstore by ordering via Bookshop.org or directly from World Editions via IndiePubs.
“One of Syria’s most gifted novelists.” —CNN
“The potent latest from Yazbek weighs the consequences of the Syrian civil war after a 19-year-old soldier, Ali, survives his patrol station’s 2013 bombing in the Lattakia mountains. This slim novel packs a punch.” —Publishers Weekly
In Where the Wind Calls Home, translated from the Arabic by Leri Price, a wounded nineteen-year-old soldier, Ali, is fighting to survive in the Syrian Civil War. Blurring timelines to mirror Ali’s disorientated state, Samar Yazbek recounts the history of a country’s cultural richness and religious traditions through vivid hallucinations, remembrances, and a chilling reminder of the painful realities of war.
“Yazbek’s is the urgent task of showing the world what is happening. Thanks to her, we can read about the appalling things that go on in secret, underground places.” —The Guardian
Where the Wind Calls Home by Samar Yazbek • Translated from the Arabic by Leri Price (Feb 6, 2024 • Trade Paperback • 978-1-64286-135-8 • WORLD) *** 2024 National Book Award Finalist ***
Abyss by Pilar Quintana • Translated from the Spanish by Lisa Dillman (2023 • Trade Paperback • 978-1-64286-122-8 (US) • 978-1-912987-40-5 (UK) *** 2023 National Book Award Finalist ***
Planet of Clay by Samar Yazbek • Translated from the Arabic by Leri Price (2021 • Trade Paperback • 978-1-64286-101-3 (US) • 978-1-912987-23-8 (UK) *** 2021 National Book Award Finalist ***
Waiting for the Waters to Rise by Maryse Condé • Translated from the French by Richard Philcox (2021 • Trade Paperback • 978-1-64286-073-3 (US) • 978-1-912987-15-3 (UK) *** Longlisted for the 2021 National Book Award ***
The Bitch by Pilar Quintana • Translated from the Spanish by Lisa Dillman (2020 • Trade Paperback • 978-1-64286-059-7 (US) • 978-1-912987-05-4 (UK) *** 2020 National Book Award Finalist ***
The Helios Disaster by Linda Boström Knausgård • Translated from the Swedish by Rachel Willson-Broyles (2020 • Trade Paperback • 978-1-64286-068-9 (US) • 978-9-46238-021-9 (UK) *** Longlisted for the 2020 National Book Award ***