Luca Rastello: Piove all’insù (The Rain’s Falling Up
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…
Orhan Pamuk: Veba Geceleri (Nights of Plague)
The latest addition to my website is Orhan Pamuk's Veba Geceleri (Nights of Plague). This tells the long and complex story of the fictitious Mediterranean island of Mingheria. The story…
A. M. Homes: The Unfolding
The latest addition to my website is A. M. Homes' The Unfolding. Homes tells two linked stories relating to the Hitchens family. The family is the Big Guy (we never…
Vladimir Sorokin: Теллурия (Telluria)
The latest addition to my website is Vladimir Sorokin's Теллурия (Telluria). This novel is set in a future where Russia and Europe have splintered into smaller states and seem to…
Michel Houellebecq: Anéantir [Annihilate]
The latest addition to my website is Michel Houellebecq's Anéantir [Annihilate]. This is a fairly typical Houellebecq novel. It opens in late 2026. There are three main plot lines: a…
Ellis Sharp: Twenty-Twenty
The latest addition to my website is Ellis Sharp's Twenty-Twenty. This is a diary, influenced by Uwe Johnson's Jahrestage (Anniversaries), which he reads and comments on, in the early part…
Shukri Mabkhout: الطلياني (The Italian)
The latest addition to my website is Shukri Mabkhout's الطلياني (The Italian. This is a rare example of a Tunisian novel written in Arabic translated into English. It tells the…
Mitja Čander: Slepec (Blind Man)
The latest addition to my website is Mitja Čander's Slepec (Blind Man). Our hero is not blind but, because of a defect at birth, has very poor sight. He works…
Maria Gabriela Llansol: Geografia de Rebeldes (Geography of Rebels trilogy)
The latest addition to my website is Maria Gabriela Llansol's Geografia de Rebeldes (Geography of Rebels trilogy). This is Llansol's first work published in English. The first two books focus…
Thomas Piketty: Capital in the Twenty-First Century
This blog and the associated website are called The Modern Novel for a good reason, namely because they are about the modern novel. Since the website has been going, I…