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Manik Sarkar (Groningen, 1973) is literair vertaler en schrijver. Zijn debuutroman Ossenkop verscheen in 2024. Hij publiceerde verhalen in o.a. Papieren Helden en Wobby. Manik vertaalde onder meer werk van Philippe Claudel, James Baldwin en Hisham Matar en is sinds een aantal jaar docent op de Vertalersvakschool.

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Brainwash: grenzen

Sholeh Rezazadeh en ik werden door de SLAA gevraagd om voor de editie 2025 van het Brainwashfestival voordrachten te houden over het thema grenzen. Lees hieronder het begin van mijn tekst; volg de links voor de rest van mijn tekst en voor de tekst van Sholeh.

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	Giovanni's kamer by James Baldwin, Eefje Bosch (translator), Manik Sarkar (Goodreads Author) (translator) 4.34 avg rating — 249,547 ratings — published 1956 — 231 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	De waarheid over de zaak Harry Quebert (Marcus Goldman, #1) by Joël Dicker, Manik Sarkar (Goodreads Author) (translator) 4.20 avg rating — 236,285 ratings — published 2012 — 225 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Storm in juni by Irène Némirovsky, Manik Sarkar (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.86 avg rating — 77,977 ratings — published 2004 — 297 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Het boek van de Baltimores by Joël Dicker, Manik Sarkar (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 4.11 avg rating — 69,815 ratings — published 2015 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Het mysterie van kamer 622 by Joël Dicker, Manik Sarkar (Goodreads Author) (translator) 3.90 avg rating — 72,476 ratings — published 2020 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	De verdwijning van Stephanie Mailer by Joël Dicker, Manik Sarkar (Goodreads Author) (translator) 3.96 avg rating — 54,023 ratings — published 2018 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Een wild dier by Joël Dicker, Manik Sarkar (Goodreads Author) (translator) 4.04 avg rating — 51,509 ratings — published 2024 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kapitaal in de 21ste eeuw by Thomas Piketty, Lidewij van den Berg (Translator), Marianne Kaas (Translator) 4.06 avg rating — 34,499 ratings — published 2013 — 117 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Het rampzalige bezoek aan de dierentuin by Joël Dicker, Manik Sarkar (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.74 avg rating — 30,649 ratings — published 2025 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ossenkop 4.06 avg rating — 1,274 ratings — published 2024 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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