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…
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…
Jon Fosse: Morgon og kveld (Morning and Evening)
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
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)
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.…