Gauz: Debout-Payé (Standing Heavy)
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…
Laurent Mauvignier: Histoires de la nuit ( The Birthday Party)
The latest addition to my website is Laurent Mauvignier's Histoires de la nuit (The Birthday Party). The book is set in a small French hamlet called Three Lone Girls. There…
Alisa Ganieva: Offended Sensibilities
The latest addition to my website is Alisa Ganieva's Offended Sensibilities. Unlike her previous books, set in Dagestan, this is set in a provincial Russian city, which is totally corrupt,…
Ivan Vladislavic: The Distance
The latest addition to my website is Ivan Vladislavic's The Distance. This novel tells the story of two brothers, Branko and Joe, growing up and living as adults in Pretoria.…
Gamal al-Ghitani: ااب التجليات (The Book of Epiphanies)
The latest addition to my website is Gamal al-Ghitani's ااب التجليات (The Book of Epiphanies), another recommendation from The Untranslated, though I have had a copy of the book for…
Maik Nwosu: Alpha Song
The latest addition to my website is Maik Nwosu's Alpha Song. Our hero, a Nigerian who adopts the name Taneba Taneba when he is estranged from his father's family, never…
Mircea Cărtărescu: Orbitor Vol 3, Aripa dreaptă [Blinding – The Right Wing]
The latest addition to my website is Mircea Cărtărescu's Orbitor Vol 3, Aripa dreaptă [Blinding – The Right Wing]. This is the third book in his Orbitor (Blinding) trilogy. This…
The Year of Manuel Pedrolo?
Could this be the year of Manuel de Pedrolo, the great Catalan science fiction writer? His best-known novel Mecanoscrit del segon origen (Typescript of the Second Origin) is finally being…
Joanna Scott: Careers for Women
The latest addition to my website is Joanna Scott's Careers for Women. This is another first-class novel from one of the United States' leading novelists, who does not get the…