Alla Gorbunova: Конец света, моя любовь It’s the End of the World, My Love)
The latest addition to my website is Alla Gorbunova's Конец света, моя любовь It’s the End of the World, My Love). Gorbunova is primarily a poet and this is to…
Boris Poplavsky: Домой с небес (Homeward from Heaven)
The latest addition to my website is Boris Poplavsky's Домой с небес (Homeward from Heaven). This is a follow-up to his earlier Аполлон Безобразов (Apollon Bezobrazov) and, indeed, features the…
Bakhtiyar Ali: Duwahamîn Henarî Dunya (The Last Pomegranate Tree In The World)
The latest addition to my website is Bakhtiyar Ali's Henarî Dunya (The Last Pomegranate Tree In The World). This is another superb novel from Bakhtiyar Ali telling the story of…
Laurent Mauvignier: Histoires de la nuit ( The Birthday Party)
The latest addition to my website is Laurent Mauvignier's Histoires de la nuit (The Birthday Party). The book is set in a small French hamlet called Three Lone Girls. There…
Almudena Sánchez : Fármaco (Pharmakon)
The latest addition to my website is Almudena Sánchez' s Fármaco (Pharmakon). This is about Almudena Sánchez's struggle with depression, which hit her in her early thirties. Unlike other novels/memoirs…
Angelos Terzakis: Ταξίδι με τον Έσπερο [Travelling with Hesperus]
The latest addition to my website is Angelos Terzakis' Ταξίδι με τον Έσπερο [Travelling with Hesperus]. It tells the story of Glaukos, a sixteen year old rGreek boy who has…
Daniele Mencarelli: Tutto chiede salvezza (Everything Calls For Salvation)
The latest addition to my website is Daniele Mencarelli's Tutto chiede salvezza (Everything Calls For Salvation). This is an autobiographical novel about seven days Mencarelli spent in a mental institution…
Sergei Lebedev: Год кометы (The Year of the Comet)
The latest addition to my website is Sergei Lebedev's Год кометы (The Year of the Comet). Our unnamed hero is born in the later days of the Soviet Union and…
Ahmed Taibaoui: اختفاء السيد لا أحد The Disappearance of Mr. Nobody)
The latest addition to my website is Ahmed Taibaoui's اختفاء السيد لا أحد The Disappearance of Mr. Nobody). Set in Algeria, the novel is divided into two linked parts. In…
End of year review 2022
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,…