W V Tilsley: Other Ranks
A few years go I read W V Tilsley's Other Ranks. This is an account of a soldier in Word War I. It was originally published in 1931 and never…
Things Irish
I have recently returned from a two week holiday in Ireland and while the trip was primarily scenic rather than literary, we did visit a couple of places with literary…
Eugene Vodolazkin: Соловьёв и Ларионов (Solovyov and Larionov)
The latest addition to my website is Eugene Vodolazkin's Соловьёв и Ларионов (Solovyov and Larionov). This is Vodolazkin's first novel (though not the first to appear in English) and a…
José María Arguedas: Todas las sangres [All the Bloodlines]
The latest addition to my website is José María Arguedas'Todas las sangres [All the Bloodlines]. This is José María Arguedas' longest book and goes into great detail about a story…
César Aira: El llanto [Crying]
The latest addition to my website is César Aira's El llanto [Crying], one of the many of his works that sadly has not been translated into English. This one is…
Hiromi Kawakami: ニシノユキヒコの恋と冒険 (UK: The Ten Loves of Mr Nishino; US: The Ten Loves of Nishino)
The latest addition to my website is Hiromi Kawakami's ニシノユキヒコの恋と冒険 (UK: The Ten Loves of Mr Nishino; US: The Ten Loves of Nishino). This is another clever novel from Kawakami…
Uwe Tellkamp: Der Eisvogel [The Kingfisher]
The latest addition to my website is Uwe Tellkamp's Der Eisvogel [The Kingfisher]. Wiggo Ritter is a lost soul. His father is a ruthless banker and Wiggo hates everything he…
Christophe Bernard: La Bête Creuse [The Hollow Beast]
The latest addition to my website is Christophe Bernard's La Bête Creuse [The Hollow Beast]. This is a very long, very funny novel, written in broad Quebecois dialect, about a…