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…
Robert Coover: Open House
The latest addition to my website is Robert Coover's Open House. There is a party going on in the penthouse suite in a Manhattan high-rise but nobody know who is…
Kōbō Abe: 燃えつきた地図 (The Ruined Map)
The latest addition to my website is Kōbō Abe's 燃えつきた地図 (The Ruined Map). On the face if it this is the story of a detective looking for a missing person.…
Fausta Cialente: Ballata Levantina (The Levantines)
The latest addition to my website is Fausta Cialente's Ballata Levantina (The Levantines). This novel tells the story of well-to-do European expatriates (primarily but certainly not exclusively Italian) living in…
Ismail Kadare: Darka e gabuar (The Fall of the Stone City)
The latest addition to my website is Ismail Kadare's Darka e gabuar (The Fall of the Stone City). This novel is set in the Kadare's home town of Gjirokastër. The…