Trafika Europe 12 - French Bon-Bons

About the Authors

TE12-10 MARAT BASKIN: “A Souvenir from New York” (story)

Marat Baskin (born Belarus, 1946) writes short stories about people he knew in his home town, one of the few remaining Jewish shtetls in the former Soviet (now Belorussian) territory. His short stories have been published in numerous Russian and Belorussian- language periodicals in Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, etc. Translated from Russian by Nina Kossman

TE12-11 LOUIS ARMAND: The Combinations (novel excerpt)

Louis Armand (born Sydney, 1972) is a writer, visual artist and critical theorist. He has lived in Prague since 1994. He has published eight novels, and his poetry has appeared in several notable anthologies. In 1997 he received the Max Harris prize for poetry at the Penola Festival (Adelaide)and in2000hewasawardedtheNassau Review Prize (New York). His screenplay Clair Obscur won honourable mention at the 2009 Trieste Film Festival. In 2004, Armand founded the Prague International Poetry

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