Sándor Márai: Szabadulás [Liberation]
The latest addition to my website is Sándor Márai's Szabadulás [Liberation]. This novel is set during the siege of Budapest at the end of World War II as the Russians…
Henri Calet: La Belle Lurette [A Long Time Ago]
The latest addition to my website is Henri Calet's La Belle Lurette [A Long Time Ago]. This is a grim autobiographical novel about a boy, born in 1900. His parents…
Artem Chekh: Точка нуль (Absolute Zero)
The latest addition to my website is Artem Chekh's Точка нуль (Absolute Zero). This is an account of Chekh's time serving in the Ukrainian army during the War in Donbass…
Suzanne Brøgger: Jadekatten (Jade Cat)
The latest addition to my website is Suzanne Brøgger's Jadekatten (Jade Cat). This is the family saga of the Løvin family, a Danish-Jewish highly dysfunctional family. The focus is on…
Hervé Le Tellier: L’Anomalie (The Anomaly)
The latest addition to my website is Hervé Le Tellier's L’Anomalie (The Anomaly). We follow the stories of various different and seemingly unconnected people, till we gradually learn that they…
Joseph Roth: Die hundert Tage (The Ballad of the Hundred; later: The Hundred Days)
The latest addition to my website is Joseph Roth's Die hundert Tage (The Ballad of the Hundred; later: The Hundred Days). This novel tells the story of Napoleon's hundred days.…
Anne Serre: Les Gouvernantes (The Governesses)
The latest addition to my website is Anne Serre's Les Gouvernantes (The Governesses). This is very much a post-modern French fairy tale. The austere Austeur family engage three governesses, firstly…
Javier Cercas: El monarca de las sombras (Lord of All Dead)
The latest addition to my website is Javier Cercas' El monarca de las sombras (Lord of All Dead). This is another non-fiction novel from Cercas, as he sets out to…
Zakhar Prilepin: Обитель (The Monastery)
The latest addition to my website is Zakhar Prilepin's Обитель (The Monastery). This novel tells the story of Artiom Gorianov who is a prisoner in the 1920s in the remote…
Sigrid Undset: Olav Audunssøn i Hestviken (The Axe (Part 1) The Snake Pit (Part 2); later: Olav Audunssøn. 1. Vows)
The latest addition to my website is Sigrid Undset's Olav Audunssøn i Hestviken (The Axe (Part 1) The Snake Pit (Part 2); later: Olav Audunssøn. 1. Vows). This a new…