Goran Petrović: Код срећне руке (At the Lucky Hand)
The latest addition to my website is Goran Petrović's Код срећне руке (At the Lucky Hand). This is a clever story which is, on the face of it, a fairly…
Alex Pheby: Mordew
The latest addition to my website is Alex Pheby's Mordew. This is a very original dark fantasy novel, part Dickens, part Peake, all Pheby. While it has some of the…
Amélie Nothomb: Les aérostats [Airships]
The latest addition to my website is Amélie Nothomb's Les aérostats [Airships]. Ange, a nineteen-year old university student in Brussels gets a job teaching a sixteen-year old boy who is…
Sándor Márai: Vendégjáték Bolzanóban (Casanova in Bolzano)
Latest on my website: Sándor Márai's Sándor Márai. The story starts when Giacomo Casanova has just made his famous escape from prison in Venice. As the title tell us, he…
Tomás González: La luz difícil (Difficult Light)
The latest addition to my website is Tomás González's La luz difícil (Difficult Light). It is narrated by David, a Colombian painter. While he and his family, were living in…
Claudia Hernández: Roza, tumba, quema (Slash and Burn)
The latest addition to my website is Claudia Hernández's Roza, tumba, quema (Slash and Burn). This novel is set in El Salvador before, during and after the Salvadoran Civil War.…
Joseph Roth: Hotel Savoy (Hotel Savoy)
The latest addition to my website is Joseph Roth's Hotel Savoy (Hotel Savoy). It tells the story of Gabriel Dan who, in 1919, is returning from three years in a…
Bernard Prou: Alexis Vassilkov ou la vie tumultueuse du fils de Maupassant [Alexis Vassilkov or the Tumultuous Life of the Son of Maupassant]
The latest addition to my website is Bernard Prou's Alexis Vassilkov ou la vie tumultueuse du fils de Maupassant [Alexis Vassilkov or the Tumultuous Life of the Son of Maupassant].…
Antonio Moresco: Gli Esordi [The Beginnings]
The latest addition to my website is Antonio Moresco's Gli Esordi [The Beginnings]. One of my favourite blogs was The Untranslated which sadly retired (though the old posts are still…
Yuri Rytkheu: Сон в начале тумана (A Dream in Polar Fog)
The latest addition to my website is Yuri Rytkheu's Сон в начале тумана (A Dream in Polar Fog). Rytkheu is from Chukotka, the far north-eastern part of Russia. The novel…