Two quiet, wistful recollections of the past by a South Korean poet, for the final Translation Tuesday on the Guardian website

A gentleman making his way through a rich lunch is confronted by the shadows of his idealistic, younger self, in this story by the late Swiss author

Poetic imagery hint at emotional turmoil underneath a restrained surface, in these poems translated from Korean

In this excerpt from a new English translation of a novel by one of Japan’s most esteemed writers, a Japanese man flees Manchuria to return to his homeland

The acclaimed South Korean poet Yoo An-Jin reflects on loneliness and aging

An Egyptian man begins to feel uncomfortable with his British girlfriend’s attitudes towards his culture, in this excerpt from Fishere’s latest novel

The South Korean poet mourns a departed mother in these elegiac poems, capturing the stillness and beauty in grief

To mark International Women’s Day, a poem by the award-winning Portuguese poet Amaral, containing a message for generations of women in a family

An interaction with a strangely familiar cat and an ode to chewing gum, by the acclaimed South Korean poet

A teacher deals with a boisterous bunch of students, in this extract from a Dutch bestselling novel

Family tensions bubble over as a father attempts to convince his wife and children to leave Iran for Denmark, in this short story by Iranian writer Tolouei

Existential despair and dreamlike descriptions of nature abound in these poems by fierce feminist and iconic Korean poet Choi Seung-ja

Indian poet Shubham Shree – who recently caused controversy with her bold use of slang and English words, considered a desecration of the tradition of Hindi poetry – presents two poems, about femininity and young love