The Modern Novel

Oksana Lutsyshyna: Іван і Феба (Ivan and Phoebe)

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Post published:1 June 2023
Post category:The Modern Novel website Ukraine Women
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The latest addition to my website is Oksana Lutsyshyna's Іван і Феба (Ivan and Phoebe). This novel primarily tells the story of Ivan but, to a lesser degree, of Phoebe,…

Arnon Grunberg: Goede mannen (Good Men)

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Post published:28 May 2023
Post category:Netherlands The Modern Novel website
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The latest addition to my website is Arnon Grunberg's Goede mannen (Good Men). Geniek Janowski is Dutch, albeit with a Polish father and German mother. Because of his father he…

Jan Carson : The Fire Starters

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Post published:24 May 2023
Post category:Ireland The Modern Novel website Women
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The latest addition to my website is Jan Carson 's The Fire Starters. This novel is set in Belfast sixteen years after The Troubles. The local authorities have restricted the…

Michael Ferrier: François, portrait d’un absent (François, Portrait Of An Absent Friend)

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Post published:21 May 2023
Post category:France The Modern Novel website
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The latest addition to my website is Michael Ferrier's François, portrait d’un absent (François, Portrait Of An Absent Friend). The eponymous absent friend is François Christophe, very much a real…

Mithu Sanyal: Identitti (Identitti)

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Post published:18 May 2023
Post category:Germany Racism The Modern Novel website
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The latest addition to my website is Mithu Sanyal's Identitti (Identitti). The book is narrated by a German-born blogger (Polish mother, Indian father), Nivedita Anand, who talks to Kali (the…

Caroline Lamarche: La Chienne de Naha [The Bitch of Naha]

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Post published:13 May 2023
Post category:Belgium Mexico The Modern Novel website Women
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The latest addition to my website is Caroline Lamarche's La Chienne de Naha [The Bitch of Naha] . The book opens with a tale from the Triqui people (in Mexico)…

Kai Aareleid: Linnade põletamine (Burning Cities)

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Post published:10 May 2023
Post category:Estonia The Modern Novel website Women
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The latest addition to my website is Kai Aareleid's Linnade põletamine (Burning Cities). The book goes from 19141 to 2013 and essentially follows Tiina and those she is in contact…

Mohammed Said Hjiouij : وت ماركافكا في طنجةك (Kafka in Tangier)

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Post published:8 May 2023
Post category:Kafka Morocco The Modern Novel website
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The latest addition to my website is Mohammed Said Hjiouij's وت ماركافكا في طنجةك (Kafka in Tangier) . Jawad, who works as a teacher and supports his family (wife, daughter,…

Eugene Vodolazkin: Оправдание Острова (A History of the Island)

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Post published:7 May 2023
Post category:Russia The Modern Novel website
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The latest addition to my website is Eugene Vodolazkin's Оправдание Острова (A History of the Island). This is the history of an imaginary island, told both in a series of…

Shalash: شلش العراقيية (Shalash the Iraqi)

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Post published:5 May 2023
Post category:Iraq The Modern Novel website
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The latest addition to my website is Shalash's شلش العراقيية (Shalash the Iraqi). This is an anonymous blog written in 2005-2006 (i.e. post-Saddam Hussein)which is satirical and, presumably, often fanciful…