Kim Sagwa: 나b책 (b, Book and Me)
The latest addition to my website is Kim Sagwa's 나b책 (b, Book and Me). The novel tells the story of three Korean misfits, b, Book and Rang (the me of…
The latest addition to my website is Kim Sagwa's 나b책 (b, Book and Me). The novel tells the story of three Korean misfits, b, Book and Rang (the me of…
The latest addition to my website is Eduardo Mendoza's Riña de gatos (An Englishman in Madrid). Though unusually for Mendoza set in Madrid instead of Barcelona and environs, this book…
The latest addition to my website is Mercè Rodoreda's Jardí vora el mar (Garden by the Sea). This is a beautiful book, narrated by the gardener to a summer residence,…
The latest addition to my website is Patrick Modiano's Remise de peine (Suspended Sentences). This short novel deals with Modiano's usual themes, telling the story of two young boys, the…
I have now read twenty Brazilian novels in a row by twenty different authors. The oldest one was first published in 1902, the most recent in 2014. Six of the…
The latest addition to my website is Antônio Xerxenesky's F. It tells the story of Ana, a young Brazilian woman who travels to Los Angeles to meet her uncle, a…
The latest addition to my website is João Gilberto Noll's Hotel Atlântico (UK: Hotel Atlântico; US: Atlantic Hotel). Our nameless hero is seemingly a man whose identity is unclear and…
The latest addition to my website is Hilda Hilst's A obscena senhora D (The Obscene Madame D). Our narrator is Hillé,a sixty year old Brazilian woman. Her husband, Ehud, has…
The latest addition to my website is Ignácio de Loyola Brandão's Não verás país nenhum (And Still the Earth). This is the classic Brazilian dystopian novel, published in 1981 (when…
The latest addition to my website is Oswald de Andrade's Serafim Ponte Grande (Seraphim Grosse Pointe). This novel, published in 1933, is an avant-garde, absurdist work. De Andrade switches between…