Esther Kinsky: Rombo (Rombo
The latest addition to my website is Esther Kinsky's Rombo (Rombo. This is another wonderful book from Esther Kinsky, this one giving an account of the 1976 Friuli earthquake and,…
Hiroko Oyamada: いたちなく (Weasels in the Attic)
The latest addition to my website is Hiroko Oyamada's いたちなく (Weasels in the Attic). This book consists of three linked stories. In the first the unnamed narrator and his friend…
A. M. Homes: The Unfolding
The latest addition to my website is A. M. Homes' The Unfolding. Homes tells two linked stories relating to the Hitchens family. The family is the Big Guy (we never…
Amélie Nothomb: Le livre des soeurs [The Book of the Sisters]
The latest addition to my website is Amélie Nothomb: Le livre des soeurs [The Book of the Sisters]. The book tells of Tristane, born to parents who are more interested…
Sylvie Germain: Jours de colère (Days of Anger)
The latest addition to my website is Sylvie Germain's Jours de colère (Days of Anger). This book, a reissue by publishers Dedalus, is a classic modern French novel, mixing Gothic…
Brenda Lozano: Brujas (Witches)
The latest addition to my website is Brenda Lozano's Brujas (Witches). We follow the story of three Mexican women. Paloma is, in fact, a muxe, assigned male at birth but…
Ulrike Almut Sandig: Monster wie wir ( Monsters Like Us)
The latest addition to my website is Ulrike Almut Sandig's Monster wie wir (Monsters Like Us). The novel is narrated by Ruth, now a successful violinist to her almost invisible…
Hiroko Oyamada: 工場 (The Factory)
The latest addition to my website is Hiroko Oyamada's 工場 (The Factory)>. We follow the stories of three employees as they go to work at the Factory and are still…
Rachael McGill: Fair Trade Heroin
The latest addition to my website is Rachael McGill's Fair Trade Heroin. Gwen is an aid worker in Afghanistan in the 1990s, just as the Taliban are taking over. While…
Najwa Barakat: مستر نون (Mister N)
The latest addition to my website is Najwa Barakat's مستر نون (Mister N). Mister N is a failed Lebanese writer who currently lives in a hotel, rarely leaving it. We…