2022 – The Modern Novel

End of year review 2022

Post author:tmn
Post published:31 December 2022
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While we have been struggling with the various problems we face such as climate change, Putin and his nasty little war, supply chain issues, inflation, SCOTUS, Trump (possibly) resurgent and,…

Jon Fosse: Morgon og kveld (Morning and Evening)

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Post published:17 December 2022
Post category:Norway The Modern Novel website
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The latest addition to my website is Jon Fosse's Morgon og kveld (Morning and Evening) . We first meet Johannes as he is being born, the second child of Marta…

Luca Rastello: Piove all’insù (The Rain’s Falling Up

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Post published:16 December 2022
Post category:Italy Politics The Modern Novel website Turin
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The latest addition to my website is Luca Rastello's Piove all'insù (The Rain’s Falling Up. The book is primarily set in the 1970s-80s in Turin, though told from the perspective…

Jon Fosse: Naustet (Boathouse)

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Post published:15 December 2022
Post category:Norway The Modern Novel website
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The latest addition to my website is Jon Fosse's Naustet (Boathouse). This is an early Fosse novel but still recognisable as part of his exploration of the dark Norwegian soul.…

Cormac McCarthy: Stella Maris

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Post published:14 December 2022
Post category:Mental health Psychiatry The Modern Novel website USA
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The latest addition to my website is Cormac McCarthy's Stella Maris. As he is ninety, this may well be his last novel and he definitely goes out with a grim…

Hiromi Ito » とげ抜き新巣鴨地蔵縁起 (The Thorn Puller)

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Post published:9 December 2022
Post category:Japan The Modern Novel website Women
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The latest addition to my website is Hiromi Ito's とげ抜き新巣鴨地蔵縁起 (The Thorn Puller). She calls it a long poem but we might describe it as an autobiographical novel. On…

Vassily Aksyonov: Апельсины из Марокко [Oranges from Morocco]

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Post published:7 December 2022
Post category:Russia The Modern Novel website
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The latest addition to my website is Vassily Aksyonov's Апельсины из Марокко [Oranges from Morocco]. This book, Aksyonov's second novel ,was something of a cult book in the Soviet Union,…

Nino Haratischwili: Mein sanfter Zwilling (My Soul Twin)

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Post published:27 November 2022
Post category:Georgia Germany The Modern Novel website Women
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The latest addition to my website is Nino Haratischwili's Mein sanfter Zwilling (My Soul Twin). Stella's parents divorced when she she was six and she and her sister went to…

Marvel Moreno: En diciembre llegaban las brisas (December Breeze)

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Post published:14 November 2022
Post category:Colombia Feminism The Modern Novel website Women
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The latest addition to my website is Marvel Moreno's En diciembre llegaban las brisas (December Breeze). Marvel Moreno tells a series of interlinked stories, many of which show the cruelty…

Sevgi Soysal: Şafak (Dawn)

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Post published:12 November 2022
Post category:The Modern Novel website Turkey Women
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The latest addition to my website is Sevgi Soysal's Şafak (Dawn). The story, partially based on the author's own life is set in Adana, where Oya is in internal exile…