{"product_id":"the-translators-lie-9789199182414","title":"The Translator's Lie","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Amara Lumen\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Amara Lumen Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Amara Lumen Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Literary\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNoviari Saleh is good at translating.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe translates Korean into English, anger into diplomacy, exhaustion into politeness, and fear into the simple words everyone expects from her: I'm fine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Johor Bahru, she is a law graduate working far below her title, a teacher at night, and a daughter in a home where love often arrives as food, questions, and control. Then Daniel Lim enters her life from Singapore, offering her something that feels dangerously close to freedom: a better job, a rented room, and the possibility of becoming someone no one at home has already decided she should be.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut when Noviari finally crosses the border, the new life waiting for her is not as certain as promised.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith money running low, a job delayed, and her family believing she is safe, Noviari tells the lie that holds everything together: the job is good.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet the real lie is deeper.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe has spent years translating herself into what others could accept. Now, alone in a small Singapore room with a yellow curtain and a future that refuses to arrive neatly, Noviari must decide whether survival is worth another silence or whether the truth, however frightening, is the only place where she can finally begin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Translator's Lie\u003c\/em\u003e is a tender and quietly powerful novel about family duty, women's hidden endurance, the danger of being rescued, and the courage it takes to belong to yourself.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Amara Lumen Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48214375268503,"sku":"9789199182414","price":1880.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9789199182414.webp?v=1788729612","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-translators-lie-9789199182414","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}