Amélie Nothomb: Psychopompe [Psychopomp]
The latest addition to my website is Amélie Nothomb's Psychopompe [ Psychopomp]. Yes, psychopomp is a word ( literally the guide of souls. They are creatures, spirits, angels, demons or…
The latest addition to my website is Amélie Nothomb's Psychopompe [ Psychopomp]. Yes, psychopomp is a word ( literally the guide of souls. They are creatures, spirits, angels, demons or…
The latest addition to my website is Tchicaya U Tam’si's Les Méduses (The Madman and the Medusa). The novel is set in Tchicaya U Tam’si's home town of Pointe-Noire, Republic…
The latest addition to my website is Attila Bartis' A vége (The End) This is a monumental semi-autobiographical novel, telling the story of Andras Szabad from his birth during the…
The latest addition to my website is Yōko Ogawa's 余白の愛 [Love at the Margin]. Our unnamed heroine/narrator has suddenly had serious hearing problems . We learn later that her husband…
The latest addition to my website is Karmele Jaio's Aitaren etxea (My Father’s House). This is a Basque feminist novel. We start with Ismael Alberdi, a succesful novelist who is…
The latest addition to my website is Harald Voetmann's Alt under månen (Sublunar). The book follows part of the life of Tycho Brahe, allegedly the last great astronomer before the…
The latest addition to my website is Rosemary Tonks's The Bloater. This is a quirky comedy of manners. The heroine/narrator is Min who is married to George, with whom she…
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…
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 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…