Zyranna ZateliZyranna Zateli:Και με το φως του λύκου επανέρχοντα ( ( At Twilight They Return)

The latest addition to my website is ZateliZyranna Zateli‘s Και με το φως του λύκου επανέρχοντα ( ( At Twilight They Return). The novel is set in a remote part of Greece in the late nineteenth century. We follow a (very) extended family with patriarch Christoforos marrying three times, having several children but also marrying … Read more

Mariama Bâ:Un chant écarlate (Scarlet Song)

The latest addition to my website is Mariama Bâ‘s Un chant écarlate (Scarlet Song). Ousmane Gueye, a young Senegalese falls for a white French girl, Mireille, daughter of a French diplomat at school. They both go to the same Senegalese university and continue their relationship. However, when her parents find out, she is immediately sent … Read more

Xita Rubert: Los hechos de Key Biscayne [The Facts About Key Biscayne]

The latest addition to my website is Xita Rubert:‘s Los hechos de Key Biscayne [The Facts About Key Biscayne]. The novel is narrated by a twelve year old Spanish girl. Her parents are separated and she and her brother Nico are living with their decidedly absent-minded professor father in Boston. In the middle of the … Read more

Mariama Bâ: Une si longue lettre (So Long a Letter)

The latest addition to my website is ariama Bâ‘s Une si longue lettre (So Long a Letter). Ramatoulaye Fall is writing to her friend Aissatou. Ramatoulaye’s husband of many years, Modou, (they have twelve children) had taken a second wife, who is a schoolfriend of his daughter. She is, of course devastated but, unlike Aissatou, … Read more

Ghazaleh Alizadeh: » خانه ادریسیها (The House of The Edrisis (Volume 1)

The latest addition to my website is Ghazaleh Alizadeh‘s خانه ادریسیها (The House of The Edrisis (Volume 1). The novel is set in what we know as Ashgabat, capital of Turkmenistan, but it had been part of Persia and is now (1910s) part of Russia. The Edrisis are a decaying family living in a large … Read more