Rosa Beltrán: Efectos secundarios [Secondary Effects]
The latest addition to my website is Rosa Beltrán's Efectos secundarios [Secondary Effects]. This relatively short novel packs a lot in. It tells the story of a woman (though initially…
The latest addition to my website is Rosa Beltrán's Efectos secundarios [Secondary Effects]. This relatively short novel packs a lot in. It tells the story of a woman (though initially…
The latest addition to my website is Valeria Luiselli's La historia de mis dientes (The Story of My Teeth). This is a superb post-modern novel about, well, teeth (amongst other…
The latest addition to my website is Aminata Sow Fall's La Grève des bàttu (The Beggars’ Strike). This is a mocking satire on officialdom in Senegal (though neither the country…
The latest addition to my website is Sarah Hall's The Wolf Border. This is another superb novel from Sarah Hall and it is, of course, about wolves. Rachel Caine works…
The latest addition to my website is Juli Zeh's Schilf (UK: Dark Matter; US: In Free Fall). This is a novel where theoretical physics meets the detective story. Two theoretical…
The latest addition to my website is Juli Zeh's Nullzeit (Decompression). This novel tells the story of a diving instructor, Sven. He has fled Germany, after realising he does not…
The latest addition to my website is Sindiwe Magona's Chasing the Tails of My Father’s Cattle. This is a feminist novel, set in a traditional South African village and follows…
The latest addition to my website is Leïla Slimani's Chanson douce [Sweet Song]. Slimani, born in Morocco and resident in France, won the Prix Goncourt for this novel. We know…
The latest addition to my website is Sibilla Aleramo's Una donna (A Woman at Bay; later: A Woman). This is an early Italian feminist literary autobiographical novel, written nearly a…
The latest addition to my website is Sara Stridsberg's Ode till min familj (Gravity of Love). This is Sara Stridsberg's first novel translated into English (another one will be published…