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<p>John Self writes about books for a number of publications and lives in Belfast. He has a particular appetite for fiction in translation and is a sucker for modern classics.</p>


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Must-read classics in translation

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The best Japanese fiction in translation

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The book that changed Britain: why the Lady Chatterley’s Lover trial still matters 60 years later

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How the world finally caught up with Jeanette Winterson

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