Karmele Jaio: Aitaren etxea (My Father’s House)
The latest addition to my website is Karmele Jaio's Aitaren etxea (My Father’s House). This is a Basque feminist novel. We start with Ismael Alberdi, a succesful novelist who is…
Harald Voetmann: Alt under månen (Sublunar)
The latest addition to my website is Harald Voetmann's Alt under månen (Sublunar). The book follows part of the life of Tycho Brahe, allegedly the last great astronomer before the…
Rosemary Tonks: The Bloater
The latest addition to my website is Rosemary Tonks's The Bloater. This is a quirky comedy of manners. The heroine/narrator is Min who is married to George, with whom she…
Guillaume Lecasble: Lobster (Lobster)
The latest addition to my website is Guillaume Lecasble's Lobster (Lobster). We follow the story of a lobster who, along with his parents, is caught and placed in an aquarium…
Miki Liukkonen: O [O]
The latest addition to my website is Miki Liukkonen's O [O]. Liukkonen, who died in June 2023 aged thirty three, has written a monumental novel (novel)858 pages) in the Finnish…
The Economics of Publishing Literary Fiction
You do not need me to tell you that the economics of publishing literary fiction are difficult but, I hope you do not need me to tell that there are…
Patrick Langley: Arkady
The latest addition to my website is Patrick Langley's Arkady. This is a dystopian novel in a country that is much like Britain. Indeed, it was published five years ago…
Robert Perišić: Hodati kao mačka (A Cat at the End of the World)
The latest addition to my website is Robert Perišić's Hodati kao mačka (A Cat at the End of the World). The book opens around 400 BCE. Katia is a slave…
Eva Švankmajerová: Jeskyně Baradla (Baradla Cave)
The latest addition to my website is Eva Švankmajerová's Jeskyně Baradla (Baradla Cave). This novel was first published in samizdat in 1981 and was only published in book form in…