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For various reasons, including the fact that it does not have much of an audience, I have discontinued posting new entries to my website here. I will occasionally log on other issues but that won’t be very frequent. If you want to know about you interest to the website you can check on my X./Twitter … Read more

Leaving Twitter/X

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In my End of the year review for last year, I indicated that I might be leaving Twitter/X for Bluesky. That time is approaching. I am sure that I do not have to explain my reasoning, However, for those unsure suffice it to say that I consider the behaviour and actions of the site owner … Read more

György Spiró : Az ikszek [The Xs]

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The latest addition to my website is György Spiró‘s [The Xs]. This long novel tells the story of Wojciech Bogusławski, the very real Polish dramatist,actor and director on his return to Warsaw after the fall of Napoleon. It is assumed that he will take over running the National Theatre, as he had done previously. However … Read more

Yōko Ogawa: ミーナの行進 (Mina’s Matchbox)

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The latest addition to my website is Yōko Ogawa‘s ミーナの行進 (Mina’s Matchbox). Tomoko’s father has died and her mother has to study so Tomoko is sent off to her aunt, her mother’s sister, who is married to a man who runs a successful energy drinks company. She gets on well with all the family, particularly … Read more

César Aira: Festival (Festival)/El juego de los mundos (Game of the Worlds)

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The latest addition to my website is César Aira‘s Festival (Festival) and El juego de los mundos (Game of the Worlds), both published in one book called Festival Festival is about a film festival celebrating a Belgian film director who is hailed as an original artist though he seems only to have made B-list science … Read more

Négar Djavadi: Désorientale (Disoriental

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The latest addition to my website is Négar Djavadi’s Désorientale (Disoriental. The novel is narrated by Kimiâ, an Iranian bisexual living in Paris and, when we first meet her, trying medically assisted reproduction. She tells us about that but, in between, the fill and complex story of her extended family, who were in opposition both … Read more

Gauz: Debout-Payé (Standing Heavy)

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The latest addition to my website is Gauz‘s Debout-Payé (Standing Heavy). Gauz, from the Ivory Coast, had worked as a security guard in Paris and this colourful and witty novel recounts the experience of being a security guard. While this might sound less than interesting, it certainly is not. The novel essentially covers two aspects. … Read more