Javier Marías: Berta Isla
The latest addition to my website is Javier Marías' Berta Isla. This is, in my view, by far his masterpiece. It tells the story of Tomás, half-English, half-Spanish, with a…
The latest addition to my website is Javier Marías' Berta Isla. This is, in my view, by far his masterpiece. It tells the story of Tomás, half-English, half-Spanish, with a…
There is no reason why you would have noticed but yesterday this blog and my main website switched from http to https. If you are a user, your links, bookmarks,…
The latest addition to my website is Robert Walser's Der Spaziergang (The Walk). This simply tells the story of a writer out for a walk in a provincial Swiss town.…
The latest addition to my website is Amélie Nothomb's Frappe-toi le coeur [Strike Your Heart], her latest annual novel. This is something of a change from her normal style, as…
The latest addition to my website is César Aira's La liebre (The Hare). If you know and love Aira, as I do, you will know what to expect: the Southern…
The latest addition to my website is Kate Roberts' Y Byw Sy’n Cysgu (The Living Sleep; later: The Awakening). This is a feminist novel, telling the story of Lora Ffennig,…
The latest addition to my website is Joyce Cary's Prisoner of Grace, the first book of his second trilogy. The story is told by Nina Latter, formerly Nimmo, née Woodville.…
The latest addition to my website is Jean Giono's Un roi sans divertissement [A King Without Distraction]. The title comes from a quote by Pascal and is the last sentence…
The latest addition to my website is Lize Spit's Het smelt [The Melting]. This is a début novel by a young Belgian writer and a superb novel it is. Surprisingly…
The latest addition to my website is Boualem Sansal's Harraga (Harraga). Surprisingly enough for an Algerian novel novel this has been published in English and by a fairly mainstream publisher…