Jean Giono: Un roi sans divertissement [A King Without Distraction]
The latest addition to my website is Jean Giono's Un roi sans divertissement [A King Without Distraction]. The title comes from a quote by Pascal and is the last sentence…
The latest addition to my website is Jean Giono's Un roi sans divertissement [A King Without Distraction]. The title comes from a quote by Pascal and is the last sentence…
The latest addition to my website is Lize Spit's Het smelt [The Melting]. This is a début novel by a young Belgian writer and a superb novel it is. Surprisingly…
The latest addition to my website is Boualem Sansal's Harraga (Harraga). Surprisingly enough for an Algerian novel novel this has been published in English and by a fairly mainstream publisher…
The latest addition to my website is Clemens J. Setz's Indigo (Indigo). The book is about a mysterious syndrome called Indigo, whereby children who have the syndrome cause those near…
The latest addition to my website is Kate Roberts' Traed Mewn Cyffion (Feet in Chains). Kate Roberts was one of the foremost Welsh-language novelists and this is her first full-length…
The latest addition to my website is César Aira's La villa (Shantytown). This is another highly original work from Aira, with a very complicated plot involving a boy from a…
The latest addition to my website is Jaan Kross' Kolme katku vahel; Balthasar Russowi 2 (Between Three Plagues: A People Without a Past). This is the second volume of a…
The latest addition to my website is Jaan Kross' Kolme katku vahel; Balthasar Russowi 1 (Betweeen Three Plagues: The Ropewalker). This is the first in a series of four novels…
The latest addition to my website is Magda Szabó's Katalin utca (Katalin Street). This is a new translation (September 2017) replacing the one from 2005. It tells the story of…
The latest addition to my website is Vasil Bykaŭ's Альпийская баллада (Alpine Ballad). This is a new translation, from the original Belarusian, a distinct improvement on the previous translation from…