End of year review
If, twelve months ago, you had said that Donald Trump would be elected as US President, the UK would vote to leave the EU, Theresa May would become prime minister…
If, twelve months ago, you had said that Donald Trump would be elected as US President, the UK would vote to leave the EU, Theresa May would become prime minister…
The latest addition to my website is Saud Alsanousi's لبامبو (The Bamboo Stalk), the first Kuwaiti novel on my website. It tells the story of José/Isa, son of a Filpina…
The latest addition to my website is Ivan Jablonka's Laëtitia ou la Fin des hommes [Laetitia or the End of Men]. This is not really a novel but it has…
The latest addition to my website is Wright Morris's The Field of Vision. It tells the story of a disparate group of people who are attending a bullfight in Mexico…
The latest addition to my website is Koen Peeters' Grote Europese roman [Great European Novel]. This is a tongue-in-cheek novel that may be many things but is not the Great…
The latest addition to my website is Jean Giono's Colline (Hill of Destiny; later: Hill). This is Giono's first novel and is rightly considered a classic of French literature. It…
The latest addition to my website is Juli Zeh's Schilf (UK: Dark Matter; US: In Free Fall). This is a novel where theoretical physics meets the detective story. Two theoretical…
The latest addition to my website is Santiago Gamboa's Necrópolis (Necropolis). This is one of the two of his novels that has been translated into English. The narrator, known only…
The latest addition to my website is Norman Manea's Plicul negru (The Black Envelope), the last novel Manea published in Romania before emigrating to the United States. It tells the…
The latest addition to my website is Juli Zeh's Nullzeit (Decompression). This novel tells the story of a diving instructor, Sven. He has fled Germany, after realising he does not…