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William Melvin Kelley

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  • Post published:28 October 2018
  • Post category:African-American/USA
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It was interesting to see in Today's Observer, an article on William Melvin Kelley and, moreover, claiming his A Different Drummer is a lost literary masterpiece. The book has been…

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Ali Smith: Winter

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  • Post published:26 October 2018
  • Post category:Scotland/The Modern Novel website/Women
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The latest addition to my website is Ali Smith's Winter. This is the second novel in her seasonal tetralogy. It tells the story of a dysfunctional family. The oldest sister,…

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Mo Yan: 酒国 (The Republic of Wine)

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  • Post published:23 October 2018
  • Post category:alcohol/China/The Modern Novel website
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The latest addition to my website is Mo Yan's 酒国 (The Republic of Wine). This is a chaotic, alcohol-fuelled story about excesses in China, particularly alcohol and sex. We follow…

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Emmanuel Carrère: Un roman russe ( My Life as a Russian Novel: A Memoir)

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  • Post published:22 October 2018
  • Post category:France/Russia/The Modern Novel website
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The latest addition to my website is Emmanuel Carrère's Un roman russe (My Life as a Russian Novel: A Memoir). Though the English calls it a memoir - and, to…

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Haruki Murakami: 騎士団長殺し (Killing Commendatore)

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  • Post published:14 October 2018
  • Post category:Japan/painting/The Modern Novel website
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The latest addition to my website is Haruki Murakami's 騎士団長殺し (Killing Commendatore). This is the usual Murakami, with a lone hero (a portrait painter by profession), trying to solve a…

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Germán Sierra: The Artifact

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  • Post published:11 October 2018
  • Post category:Spain/The Modern Novel website
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The latest addition to my website is Germán Sierra's The Artifact. Sierra is a Spanish neuroscientist but this book was written in English, though his previous novels were written in…

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Ersi Sotiropoulos: Τι μενει απο τη νυχτα (What’s Left of the Night)

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  • Post published:9 October 2018
  • Post category:Greece/The Modern Novel website/Women
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The latest addition to my website is Ersi Sotiropoulos' Τι μενει απο τη νυχτα (What’s Left of the Night). The novel tells of three days in June 1897 spent by…

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Christoph Ransmayr: Cox oder Der Lauf der Zeit [Cox or the Course of Time]

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  • Post published:8 October 2018
  • Post category:Austria/China/The Modern Novel website
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The latest addition to my website is Christoph Ransmayr's Cox oder Der Lauf der Zeit [Cox or the Course of Time]. The hero of this book is Alister Cox, based…

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Hye Young-Pyun: 재와 빨강 (City of Ash and Red)

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  • Post published:30 September 2018
  • Post category:South Korea/The Modern Novel website/Women
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The latest addition to my website is Hye Young-Pyun's 재와 빨강 (City of Ash and Red). This a grim Kafkaesque story about an unnamed man from an unnamed country, who…

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Nicole Lundrigan: Thaw

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  • Post published:28 September 2018
  • Post category:Canada/The Modern Novel website/Women
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The latest addition to my website is Nicole Lundrigan's Thaw. The novel is set in the small Newfoundland town of Cupboard Cove and tells the story of two people who…

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