K.E. Semmel

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K.E. Semmel’s translations include novels by Naja Marie Aidt, Karin Fossum and Jussi Adler Olsen, among others. His latest title is The World and Varvara by Danish author Simon Fruelund. Semmel’s debut novel, The Book of Losman, will publish in 2024 (SFWP).

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"This slim novel asks how far we’ll go to cure what ails us, and explores how badly we want the past to solve the present. Semmel is an elegant writer, and this is an assured, remarkable debut.”
—Edan Lepucki, author of Time's Mouth

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