William Melvin Kelley
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…
Ali Smith: Winter
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,…
Mo Yan: 酒国 (The Republic of Wine)
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…
Emmanuel Carrère: Un roman russe ( My Life as a Russian Novel: A Memoir)
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…
Haruki Murakami: 騎士団長殺し (Killing Commendatore)
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…
Germán Sierra: The Artifact
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…
Ersi Sotiropoulos: Τι μενει απο τη νυχτα (What’s Left of the Night)
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…
Christoph Ransmayr: Cox oder Der Lauf der Zeit [Cox or the Course of Time]
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…
Hye Young-Pyun: 재와 빨강 (City of Ash and Red)
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…
Nicole Lundrigan: Thaw
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…