Igor Eliseev: One-Two
The latest addition to my website is Igor Eliseev's One-Two. This novel tells the story of two conjoined girls and their life as children in a brutal Soviet institution and…
Claudio Magris: Un altro mare (A Different Sea)
The latest addition to my website is Claudio Magris' Un altro mare (A Different Sea). This novel tells the story of the very real Enrico Mreule. He is friends with…
Dumitru Tsepeneag (Țepeneag): Hotel Europa (Hotel Europa)
The latest addition to my website is Dumitru Tsepeneag's Hotel Europa (Hotel Europa). This is a hilarious, anarchic novel about an unnamed Romanian narrator (clearly based on Tsepeneag himself) who…
Minae Mizumura: 母の遺産 (Inheritance of Mother)
The latest addition to my website is Minae Mizumura's 母の遺産 (Inheritance of Mother). This is a feminist novel, about the changing role of women in Japan. We follow three generations…
Jean Stafford: The Mountain Lion
The latest addition to my website is Jean Stafford's The Mountain Lion, a semi-autobiographical novel with the two main characters, brother and sister Roger and Molly Fawcett, being based on…
Cherchez la femme
Here is another interesting article on that perennial issue of (lack of) women in translation. I am as guilty as the next man on this. I note that, of the…
Julien Gracq: Un balcon en forêt (A Balcony in the Forest)
The latest addition to my website is Julien Gracq's Un balcon en forêt (A Balcony in the Forest). This novel was based on Gracq's own experiences in World War II…
Enrique Vila-Matas: Mac y su contratiempo [Mac and His Problem]
The latest addition to my website is Enrique Vila-Matas' Mac y su contratiempo [Mac and His Problem]. Mac is a bankrupt builder who plans to rewrite the (very poor) novel,…
Joyce Cary: To Be a Pilgrim
The latest addition to my website is Joyce Cary's To Be a Pilgrim. This is the second in the trilogy, which started with Herself Surprised. This one tells the story…
César Aira: Las conversaciones (Conversations)
The latest addition to my website is César Aira's Las conversaciones (Conversations). This is another brilliant long story/short novel from Aira, about his favourite subject of the boundaries between fiction…
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