Lit in Translation

Hoda Barakat

هدى بركات

Born 1952 · Lebanon

In English
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Books on prize lists

  • In English

    IPAF 2019 · Winner

    Voices of the Lost

    بريد الليل · Barid al-layl

    Hoda Barakat · 66 when first published

    Novel · 208 pages · Migration

    AI-generated summary:Exiles and migrants with no names, from countries the book never names, write letters that never reach the people they were meant for, and each letter is found by the next writer.