Yan Ge: 异兽志 (Strange Beasts of China)
The latest addition to my website is Yan Ge's 异兽志 (Strange Beasts of China). The novel is narrated by a woman novelist and is set in Yong'an. The narrator is…
Sonia Nimr: الاتمرتبة الأولى في جائزة الاتصالات (Wondrous Journeys in Strange Lands)
The latest addition to my website is Sonia Nimr's الاتمرتبة الأولى في جائزة الاتصالات (Wondrous Journeys in Strange Lands). Our narrator/heroine is Qamar. Her father lived in a remote Palestinian…
Volter Kilpi: Gulliverin matka Fantomimian mantereelle (Gulliver’s Voyage to Phantomimia)
The latest addition to my website is Volter Kilpi's Gulliverin matka Fantomimian mantereelle (Gulliver’s Voyage to Phantomimia). This is the first Kilpi novel to be translated into English but was…
Ismail Kadare: Kukulla (The Doll)
The latest addition to my website is Ismail Kadare's Kukulla (The Doll). This novel is very different from his usual historical novels, it is an autobiographical novel, focussing on his…
Antonio Moresco: Canti del caos [Songs of Chaos]
The latest addition to my website is Antonio Moresco's Canti del caos [Songs of Chaos]. This is the second book in his monumental trilogy. The book weighs in at well…
João Gilberto Noll: Harmada (Harmada)
The latest addition to my website is João Gilberto Noll's Harmada (Harmada). This is another strange novel from the Brazilian writer. We follow an unnamed man, a former actor, as…
Wolf Wondratschek: Selbstbild mit russischem Klavier (Self-Portrait with Russian Piano)
The latest addition to my website is Wolf Wondratschek:'s Selbstbild mit russischem Klavier (Self-Portrait with Russian Piano). The unnamed Austrian narrator meets Suvorin, a retired Russian classical pianist in a…
Peter Adolphsen: Brummstein (The Brummstein)
The latest addition to my website is Peter Adolphsen's Brummstein (The Brummstein). Though a Danish writer, Adolphsen sets his book mainly in Switzerland and Germany. It tells the story of…
Jonathan Coe: Mr Wilder and Me
The latest addition to my website is Jonathan Coe's Mr Wilder and Me. This is a funny and serious story about a young woman who accidentally gets involved in the…
Sándor Márai: A sziget [The Island]
The latest addition to my website is Sándor Márai's A sziget [The Island]. This novel, available in seven other languages but not English, tells the story of Viktor Henrik Askenazi,…