Fiona McFarlane: Night Guest
The latest addition to my website is Fiona McFarlane's Night Guest. This book is on the shortlist for the Australian Miles Franklin Award. It tells the story of Ruth, a…
Jun’ichiro Tanizaki: 蘆刈 (Ashikari; later: The Reed Cutter) and 少将滋幹の母 (Captain Shigemoto’s Mother)
The latest addition to my website is two novellas by Jun'ichiro Tanizaki: 蘆刈 (Ashikari; later: The Reed Cutter) and 少将滋幹の母 (Captain Shigemoto's Mother), both published in English in the same…
Jorge Franco: El mundo de afuera [The World Outside]
The latest addition to my website is Jorge Franco's El mundo de afuera [The World Outside], the winner of the prestigious Spanish Alfaguara Prize this year. This is an excellent…
Elena Quiroga: Presente profundo [Profound Present]
The latest addition to my website is Elena Quiroga's Presente profundo [Profound Present]. This is a very intelligent novel on death, time and life. Rubén is a doctor and comes…
French literary prizes
We have already had the Prix Femina - Haitian novelist Yanick Lahens won with Bain de lune, and the Prix Médicis - Antoine Volodine won with Terminus radieux and today…
Irène Némirovsky: David Golder (David Golder)
The latest addition to my website is Irène Némirovsky's David Golder (David Golder). It tells the story of a ruthless businessman in 1920s France, who specialises in oil. We see…
Carmen Amoraga: La vida era eso [Such Was Life]
The latest addition to my website is Carmen Amoraga's La vida era eso [Such Was Life]. This is another book in my reading of this year's literary prize winners/shortlisted books.…
Lucia Etxebarría: Beatriz y los cuerpos celestes [Beatrice and the Heavenly Bodies]
The latest addition to my website is Lucia Etxebarría's Beatriz y los cuerpos celestes [Beatrice and the Heavenly Bodies]. This is the story of a young Spanish woman, Beatriz de…
Kamel Daoud: Meursault, contre-enquête [Meursault, Counter Investigation]
The latest addition to my website is Kamel Daoud's Meursault, contre-enquête [Meursault, Counter Investigation], part of my effort at reading literary prize winners/shortlisted writers other than the Man Booker. This…
Marilynne Robinson: Housekeeping
The latest addition to my website is Marilynne Robinson's Housekeeping. This is, of course, a book I should have read years ago but, with her new book just out, now…