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Laurent Mauvignier: Histoires de la nuit ( The Birthday Party)

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Post published:18 January 2023
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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)

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Post published:17 January 2023
Post category:Catalonia Psychiatry Spain The Modern Novel website
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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]

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Post published:7 January 2023
Post category:Greece The Modern Novel website
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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)

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Post published:6 January 2023
Post category:Italy Psychiatry The Modern Novel website
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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)

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Post published:4 January 2023
Post category:Russia The Modern Novel website
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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)

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Post published:3 January 2023
Post category:Algeria The Modern Novel website
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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

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Post published:31 December 2022
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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,…

Jon Fosse: Morgon og kveld (Morning and Evening)

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Post published:17 December 2022
Post category:Norway The Modern Novel website
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The latest addition to my website is Jon Fosse's Morgon og kveld (Morning and Evening) . We first meet Johannes as he is being born, the second child of Marta…

Luca Rastello: Piove all’insù (The Rain’s Falling Up

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Post published:16 December 2022
Post category:Italy Politics The Modern Novel website Turin
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The latest addition to my website is Luca Rastello's Piove all'insù (The Rain’s Falling Up. The book is primarily set in the 1970s-80s in Turin, though told from the perspective…

Jon Fosse: Naustet (Boathouse)

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Post published:15 December 2022
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The latest addition to my website is Jon Fosse's Naustet (Boathouse). This is an early Fosse novel but still recognisable as part of his exploration of the dark Norwegian soul.…