Jonathan Franzen: Crossroads
The latest addition to my website is Jonathan Franzen's Crossroads. This is another huge book from Franzen telling the story of a dysfunctional family (church minister father, mother, three sons…
Najwa Bin Shatwan: الطليانوج حياة خاصة (Catalogue of a Private Life)
The latest addition to my website is Najwa Bin Shatwan's (Catalogue of a Private Life). This is a collection of eight stories from Libya. Some are serious, but most are…
David Diop: Frère d’âme (At Night All Blood Is Black)
The latest addition to my website is David Diop's Frère d’âme (At Night All Blood Is Black). This book won the International Booker Prize in 2021. It tells the story…
Abdulrazak Gurnah: Afterlives
The latest addition to my website is Abdulrazak Gurnah's Afterlives. The novel tells the story of the country that will become Tanzania from the beginning of the 20th century (when…
Damon Galgut: The Promise
The latest addition to my website is Damon Galgut's The Promise, the second in my reading of 2021 African prize winners. This book won the Booker Prize. It tells the…
Mohamed Mbougar Sarr: La Plus Secrète Mémoire des hommes [The Most Secret Memory of Men]
The latest addition to my website is Mohamed Mbougar Sarr's Plus Secrète Mémoire des hommes [The Most Secret Memory of Men]. African writers have done well with literary prizes in…
Patrick Modiano: Chevreuse
The latest addition to my website is Patrick Modiano's Chevreuse This novel follows the usual Patrick Modiano modus operandi. A man (Modiano's alter ego) looks back, both from the age…
Manon Steffan Ros: Llyfr Glas Nebo (Blue Book of Nebo)
The latest addition to my website is Manon Steffan Ros's Llyfr Glas Nebo (Blue Book of Nebo). This is a Welsh post-apocalyptic novel, translated from the Welsh. Following what looks…
Wolfgang Hilbig: Das Provisorium (The Interim)
The latest addition to my website is Wolfgang Hilbig's Das Provisorium (The Interim). This novel tells the story of C. He had been a good East German, working in a…
Juli Zeh: Neujahr (New Year)
The latest addition to my website is Juli Zeh's Neujahr (New Year). Henning is on holiday in Lanzarote with his wife, Theresa, and young children. On New Year's Day 2018…