Amélie Nothomb: Psychopompe [Psychopomp]
The latest addition to my website is Amélie Nothomb's Psychopompe [ Psychopomp]. Yes, psychopomp is a word ( literally the guide of souls. They are creatures, spirits, angels, demons or…
Tchicaya U Tam’si: Les Méduses (The Madman and the Medusa)
The latest addition to my website is Tchicaya U Tam’si's Les Méduses (The Madman and the Medusa). The novel is set in Tchicaya U Tam’si's home town of Pointe-Noire, Republic…
Attila Bartis : A vége (The End)
The latest addition to my website is Attila Bartis' A vége (The End) This is a monumental semi-autobiographical novel, telling the story of Andras Szabad from his birth during the…
Yōko Ogawa: 余白の愛 [Love at the Margin]
The latest addition to my website is Yōko Ogawa's 余白の愛 [Love at the Margin]. Our unnamed heroine/narrator has suddenly had serious hearing problems . We learn later that her husband…
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…