Manuel Rivas: O último día de Terranova (The Last Days of Terranova)
The latest addition to my website is Manuel Rivas'O último día de Terranova (The Last Days of Terranova). In 2014 Vicenzo Fontana is having to close his beloved bookshop in…
László Krasznahorkai: Északról hegy, Délről tó, Nyugatról utak, Keletről folyó (A Mountain to the North, a Lake to the South, Paths to the West, a River to the East)
The latest addition to my website is László Krasznahorkai's Északról hegy, Délről tó, Nyugatról utak, Keletről folyó (A Mountain to the North, a Lake to the South, Paths to the…
Alisa Ganieva: Offended Sensibilities
The latest addition to my website is Alisa Ganieva's Offended Sensibilities. Unlike her previous books, set in Dagestan, this is set in a provincial Russian city, which is totally corrupt,…
Jonathan Coe: Bournville
The latest addition to my website is Jonathan Coe's Bournville. This might be described as a state of the nation novel, as we follow an extended family from VE Day…
Cormac McCarthy: The Passenger
The latest addition to my website is Cormac McCarthy's The Passenger. Published when he was eighty-nine, it is clear that McCarthy can still write a first-class novel. Our hero is…
Jon Fosse: Det er Ales (Aliss at the Fire)
The latest addition to my website is Jon Fosse's Det er Ales (Aliss at the Fire). Signe and Asle are a married couple with no children who live in the…
Vigdis Hjorth: Er mor død?(Is Mother Dead?)
The latest addition to my website is Vigdis Hjorth's Er mor død?(Is Mother Dead?). Johanna, now sixty, is a Norwegian artist, living in Utah. Her husband, Mark, has died and…
Zhang Yueran: 九栋 (Cocoon)
The latest addition to my website is Zhang Yueran's 九栋 (Cocoon). The book is narrated by Li Jiaqi and Cheng Gong. They had not met for eighteen years, when they…
Esther Kinsky: Rombo (Rombo
The latest addition to my website is Esther Kinsky's Rombo (Rombo. This is another wonderful book from Esther Kinsky, this one giving an account of the 1976 Friuli earthquake and,…
Hiroko Oyamada: いたちなく (Weasels in the Attic)
The latest addition to my website is Hiroko Oyamada's いたちなく (Weasels in the Attic). This book consists of three linked stories. In the first the unnamed narrator and his friend…