Little Women, Louisa May Alcott translated Asia is already the present

Asia is already the present - and it is certainly the future

as workers are laid off mid-career

There his family dwells in peace and comfort: his proud wife

Winner of the 2019 Wellcome Prize and shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize

and earned raves for a young writer and his uniquely captivating imagination

Little Women, Louisa May Alcott translated Asia is already the presentIn nineteenth century New England, in the shadow of the Civil War, the four teenaged March sisters will come of age sharing joys and hardships, dreams and disappointments. In the throes of unfamiliar poverty and adult responsibility the girls, with their wildly different personalities, find it''s not an easy time to make the transition from girlhood to womanhood. But nurtured by their wise and beloved Marmee, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy are bound by their