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Book SynopsisThe history of walls – as a way to keep people in or out – is also the history of people managing to get around, over and under them. From the Berlin Wall and the Mexico–US border, to the barbed wire fences of Bangladesh’s refugee camps, the short stories in this anthology explore the barriers that have sought to divide communities and nations, and their traumatic effects on people’s lives and histories. At a time when more walls are being built than are being brought down, All Walls Collapse brings together writing from across national, ethnic and linguistic borders, challenging the political impulse to separate and segregate, and celebrating the role of literature in traversing division.
Table of ContentsForeword vii Philippe Sands Introduction ix Will Forrester & Sarah Cleave Translucency 1 Paulo Scott Translated by Daniel Hahn These Days 11 Geetanjali Shree Translated by Daisy Rockwell The Gap 23 Maya Abu Al-Hayat Translated by Yasmine Seale Collateral Damage 29 Zahra El Hasnaoui Ahmed Translated by Dorothy Odartey-Wellington What the Cat Passed On 39 Kyung-Sook Shin Translated by Anton Hur This Side of the Wall 53 Juan Pablo Villalobos Translated by Rosalind Harvey The Fence 65 Krisztina Tóth Translated by Peter Sherwood Reunited 77 Muyesser Abdul’ehed Translated by Munawwar Abdulla Brandy Sour 89 Constantia Soteriou Translated by Lina Protopapa Between Two Infernos 107 Rezuwan Khan Translated by Hla Hla Win Mother’s MacGuffin 115 Larissa Boehning Translated by Lyn Marven
