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"Mistranslation" as a book category collects novels and short fiction in which errors of language — literal translation mistakes, cultural misreadings, deliberate falsifications, or more metaphorical failures of communication — drive the story. These books explore how a single word, a mistranslated phrase, or an interpreter's bias can alter identities, ignite conflicts, reshape histories, or produce darkly comic results; they feature translators, diplomats, artists, or ordinary people caught in the gap between meanings and consequences. The genre ranges from lyrical literary experiments and magical realism (where language itself behaves unpredictably) to tense thrillers and social satires that interrogate truth, power, and cultural exchange, often highlighting how fragile, inventive, and consequential human understanding can be.

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