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Almost everything you have not yet read. The English-speaking world publishes roughly 3% of its books in translation; in France, the figure is over 20%; in Germany, 12%; in Korea and Sweden, around 25%. The Anglophone reader's literary map is, by default, missing most of the world. Key sections include: World Literature.; A first word What is world literature?; Chapter I The translation question.; Chapter II The Arabic tradition.; Chapter III Persian.; Chapter IV Russian, beyond the giants.; Chapter V Chinese.; Chapter VI Japanese.; Chapter VII Korean.; Chapter VIII South Asian..
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