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Nino Haratischwili: Mein sanfter Zwilling (My Soul Twin)

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Post published:27 November 2022
Post category:Georgia Germany The Modern Novel website Women
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The latest addition to my website is Nino Haratischwili's Mein sanfter Zwilling (My Soul Twin). Stella's parents divorced when she she was six and she and her sister went to…

Marvel Moreno: En diciembre llegaban las brisas (December Breeze)

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Post published:14 November 2022
Post category:Colombia Feminism The Modern Novel website Women
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The latest addition to my website is Marvel Moreno's En diciembre llegaban las brisas (December Breeze). Marvel Moreno tells a series of interlinked stories, many of which show the cruelty…

Sevgi Soysal: Şafak (Dawn)

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Post published:12 November 2022
Post category:The Modern Novel website Turkey Women
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The latest addition to my website is Sevgi Soysal's Şafak (Dawn). The story, partially based on the author's own life is set in Adana, where Oya is in internal exile…

Manuel Rivas: O último día de Terranova (The Last Days of Terranova)

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Post published:11 November 2022
Post category:Bookshop France Galicia The Modern Novel website
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The latest addition to my website is Manuel Rivas'O último día de Terranova (The Last Days of Terranova). In 2014 Vicenzo Fontana is having to close his beloved bookshop in…

László Krasznahorkai: Északról hegy, Délről tó, Nyugatról utak, Keletről folyó (A Mountain to the North, a Lake to the South, Paths to the West, a River to the East)

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Post published:5 November 2022
Post category:Hungary Japan The Modern Novel website
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The latest addition to my website is László Krasznahorkai's Északról hegy, Délről tó, Nyugatról utak, Keletről folyó (A Mountain to the North, a Lake to the South, Paths to the…

Alisa Ganieva: Offended Sensibilities

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Post published:4 November 2022
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The latest addition to my website is Alisa Ganieva's Offended Sensibilities. Unlike her previous books, set in Dagestan, this is set in a provincial Russian city, which is totally corrupt,…

Jonathan Coe: Bournville

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Post published:1 November 2022
Post category:England Racism The Modern Novel website
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The latest addition to my website is Jonathan Coe's Bournville. This might be described as a state of the nation novel, as we follow an extended family from VE Day…

Cormac McCarthy: The Passenger

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Post published:31 October 2022
Post category:The Modern Novel website USA
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The latest addition to my website is Cormac McCarthy's The Passenger. Published when he was eighty-nine, it is clear that McCarthy can still write a first-class novel. Our hero is…

Jon Fosse: Det er Ales (Aliss at the Fire)

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Post published:29 October 2022
Post category:Norway The Modern Novel website
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The latest addition to my website is Jon Fosse's Det er Ales (Aliss at the Fire). Signe and Asle are a married couple with no children who live in the…

Vigdis Hjorth: Er mor død?(Is Mother Dead?)

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Post published:21 October 2022
Post category:Motherhood Norway The Modern Novel website Women
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The latest addition to my website is Vigdis Hjorth's Er mor død?(Is Mother Dead?). Johanna, now sixty, is a Norwegian artist, living in Utah. Her husband, Mark, has died and…