The Frankfurt Book Fair runs 13 through 18 October.
Iran has already thrown a hissy-fit and withdrawn from the fair, over Salman Rushdie speaking at the opening press conference -- see, for example, the DeutscheWelle report -- so it's safe to assume they won't be 'guest of honour' at the fair anytime soon -- but Indonesia is this year. At Qantara.de Martin Maria Schwarz writes about this -- suggesting: "the literary scene in Indonesia works differently" -- in Discovering a new world.
Among the works he mentions (if not by name) is Dewi Lestari's Supernova -- under review at the complete review, as are several other (but not yet enough !) Indonesian titles; see the index of South East Asian Literature under review. In any case: good to see some attention to literature from this area -- and great to see that it's prodded US and European publishers to take a closer look at (and even publish a few ...) titles from the region.
Iran has already thrown a hissy-fit and withdrawn from the fair, over Salman Rushdie speaking at the opening press conference -- see, for example, the DeutscheWelle report -- so it's safe to assume they won't be 'guest of honour' at the fair anytime soon -- but Indonesia is this year. At Qantara.de Martin Maria Schwarz writes about this -- suggesting: "the literary scene in Indonesia works differently" -- in Discovering a new world.
Among the works he mentions (if not by name) is Dewi Lestari's Supernova -- under review at the complete review, as are several other (but not yet enough !) Indonesian titles; see the index of South East Asian Literature under review. In any case: good to see some attention to literature from this area -- and great to see that it's prodded US and European publishers to take a closer look at (and even publish a few ...) titles from the region.