Mieko Kawakami: すべて真夜中の恋人たち (All the Lovers in the Night)
The latest addition to my website is Mieko Kawakami:'s すべて真夜中の恋人たち (All the Lovers in the Night). Our heroine/narrator is Fuyuko Irie. She is a loner. We learn nothing about her…
Daša Drndić: Canzone di guerra
The latest addition to my website is Daša Drndić's Canzone di guerra. Our narrator is Tea Radan, a Croatian single mother who has emigrated to Çanada. In a series of…
Fernanda Melchor: Paradais (Paradais)
The latest addition to my website is Fernanda Melchor's Paradais (Paradais). The novel is set in an exclusive gated community in Mexico. The sixteen-year old Polo has dropped out of…
Adelle Stripe & Lias Saoudi: Ten Thousand Apologies: Fat White Family and the Miracle of Failure
The latest addition to my website is Adelle Stripe & Lias Saoudi's Ten Thousand Apologies: Fat White Family and the Miracle of Failure. This book is a fictional biography and…
Lídia Jorge: O Vento Assobiando nas Gruas (The Wind Whistling in the Cranes)
The latest addition to my website is Lídia Jorge's Vento Assobiando nas Gruas (The Wind Whistling in the Cranes). The Leandro family have owned a canning factory in the Algarve…
Gerd Brantenberg: Egalias døtre (UK: The Daughters of Egalia ; US: Egalia’s Daughters)
The latest addition to my website is Gerd Brantenberg's Egalias døtre (UK: The Daughters of Egalia; US: Egalia’s Daughters). This novel is set in Egalia, a fictitious country which does…
Berit Ellingsen:The Empty City
The latest addition to my website is Berit Ellingsen's The Empty City. Ellingsen is of South Korean origin and writes in English. This novel tells the story of Brandon Minamato,…
Kjersti Skomsvold: Jo fortere jeg går, jo mindre er jeg (The Faster I Walk, The Smaller I Am)
The latest addition to my website is Kjersti Skomsvold's Jo fortere jeg går, jo mindre er jeg (The Faster I Walk, The Smaller I Am). Mathea Martisen, who is elderly…
Laila Stien: Vekselsang (Antiphony)
The latest addition to my website is Laila Stien's Vekselsang (Antiphony)/ The novel tells the story of a Norwegian journalist who quits her job when she is accused of lacking…
Cecilie Løveid: Sug (Sea Swell)
The latest addition to my website is Cecilie Løveid's Sug (Sea Swell). While this novel has a plot, it is decidedly modernistic, using poetic collages, fragments and images, rather than…