Reading the City | Translating Women

REVIEW: The Book of Jakarta

Posted on 15th Jan, 2021 by Helen Vassallo

Edited by Maesy Ang and Teddy W. Kusuma (Comma Press, 2020) The Book of Jakarta is the latest addition to the Reading the City series from Comma Press, presenting ten short stories based in the Indonesian capital. The stories that… Continue Reading →

“A city haunted by many ghosts”: The Book of Cairo

Posted on 10th Jun, 2019 by Helen Vassallo

Edited and with an introduction by Raph Cormack (Comma Press, 2019) This is the first of Comma Press’s “Reading the City” books I’ve read, and I was drawn to The Book of Cairo for primarily personal reasons: Egypt is my… Continue Reading →