Open Access- https://doi.org/10.3998/absinthe.1757
Contributors
- Dec 10, 2021
- Absinthe: World Literature in Translation
- Absinthe Complit
Abstract
Abdullah Alqaseer was born in Salamiyah, Syria, and has published a number of essays as well as a short story collection, Nackt im AlAbbasseen, and a novel, Gebrauchte Alpträume.He now lives in Halle, Germany, and continues to write."A Lie Named Germany" was translated by Mustafa Al-Slaiman for Weiter Schreiben (Writing On), a project that seeks to provide a platform for authors originally from countries that are currently plagued by war or other crises, enabling them to continue writing, publishing, and finding readers for their work.Thus, Weiter Schreiben typically presents texts in multiple languages-in this case Arabic and German-enabling different points of linguistic entry.
