Xue Yiwei: 希拉里, 密和, 我 (Celia, Misoka, I)
The latest addition to my website is Xue Yiwei's 希拉里, 密和, 我 (Celia, Misoka, I). Our unnamed narrator is from China. He, his wife and daughter had migrated from China…
Christophe Bernard: La Bête Creuse [The Hollow Beast]
The latest addition to my website is Christophe Bernard's La Bête Creuse [The Hollow Beast]. This is a very long, very funny novel, written in broad Quebecois dialect, about a…
Nicole Lundrigan: Thaw
The latest addition to my website is Nicole Lundrigan's Thaw. The novel is set in the small Newfoundland town of Cupboard Cove and tells the story of two people who…
Nicole Lundrigan: Unraveling Arva
The latest addition to my website is Nicole Lundrigan's Unraveling Arva. Set in Newfoundland, Lundrigan's home province, this novel tells the story of Arva House. Both parents drowned, her father,…
Rober Racine: Le Mal de Vienne [The Vienna Sickness]
The latest addition to my website is Rober Racine's Le Mal de Vienne [The Vienna Sickness]. The author of this novel, Rober Racine, is primarily known as a visual artist.…
Gérard Bessette: L’incubation (Incubation)
The latest addition to my website is Gérard Bessette's L’incubation (Incubation). The novel is entirely narrated in stream-of-consciousness style by a man known as Lagarde, a librarian by profession. He…
Emily St. John Mandel: Station Eleven
The latest addition to my website is Emily St. John Mandel's Station Eleven. This book has been shortlisted for the US National Book Award, with the winner to be announced…
Heather O’Neill: The Girl Who Was Saturday Night
The latest addition to my website is Heather O'Neill's The Girl Who Was Saturday Night. This is another book in my reading of literary prize shortlist books that aren't the…
Michael Ondaatje: Anil’s Ghost
The latest addition to my website is Michael Ondaatje's Anil's Ghost. This is another superb novel by Ondaatje on war, truth and perspective, this time focussing on the conflict in…
Hubert Aquin: Trou de mémoire (Blackout)
The latest addition to my website is Hubert Aquin's Trou de mémoire (Blackout). This is the story of two men who have a few things in common. Pierre X Magnant…