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Hanne Ørstavik: Presten (The Pastor)

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Post published:10 October 2021
Post category:Christianity Norway Sámi The Modern Novel website Women
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The latest addition to my website is Hanne Ørstavik's Presten (The Pastor). The eponymous pastor is Liv. She had worked in southern Germany where she had befriended Kristiane but when…

Petra Hůlová: Stručné dějiny Hnutí (The Movement)

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Post published:6 October 2021
Post category:Czech Republic Dystopia Feminism The Modern Novel website Women
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The latest addition to my website is Petra Hůlová's Stručné dějiny Hnutí (The Movement). This is a feminist dystopian novel. In this New World, men are sent to a institute…

Ana Schnabl: Mojstrovina (The Masterpiece)

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Post published:4 October 2021
Post category:Communism Publishing Slovenia The Modern Novel website Women
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The latest addition to my website is Ana Schnabl's Mojstrovina (The Masterpiece). The novel is set primarily in 1985, five years after Tito's death but with Slovenia still part of…

Sara Stridsberg: Kärlekens Antarktis (Antarctica of Love)

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Post published:23 September 2021
Post category:Sweden The Modern Novel website Women
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The latest addition to my website is Sara Stridsberg's . This is one of those novels where the narrator is dead. Kristine, drug addict and prostitute, but also mother, sister…

Ingeborg Drewitz: Eis auf der Elbe [Ice on the Elbe]

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Post published:15 September 2021
Post category:Germany The Modern Novel website Women
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The latest addition to my website is Ingeborg Drewitz's Eis auf der Elbe [Ice on the Elbe]. An unnamed West Berlin woman keeps a diary (in 1981) about her not…

Pat Barker: The Women of Troy

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Post published:26 August 2021
Post category:England The Modern Novel website Trojan War Women
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The latest addition to my website is Pat Barker's The Women of Troy. This follows on from Barker's previous novel, The Silence of the Girls, where we followed the story…

Amélie Nothomb: Premier sang [First Blood]

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Post published:20 August 2021
Post category:Belgium The Modern Novel website Women
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The latest addition to my website is Amélie Nothomb's Premier sang [First Blood]. The book starts with a man facing a firing squad and moves to his childhood in an…

Almudena Grandes: Los aires difíciles (The Wind from the East)

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Post published:7 August 2021
Post category:Spain The Modern Novel website Women
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The latest addition to my website is Almudena Grandes' Los aires difíciles (The Wind from the East). Juan Olmero, a successful, unmarried orthopedic surgeon is moving from Madrid, with his…

Maryse Condé: En attendant la montée des eaux (Waiting for the Waters to Rise)

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Post published:4 August 2021
Post category:Civil War Guadeloupe Haiti Lebanon Mali The Modern Novel website War Women
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The latest addition to my website is Maryse Condé's En attendant la montée des eaux (Waiting for the Waters to Rise). We follow the story of Babakar, a doctor, son…

Sheng Keyi: 死亡賦格 (Death Fugue)

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Post published:2 August 2021
Post category:China Dystopia The Modern Novel website Women
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The latest addition to my website is Sheng Keyi's 死亡賦格 (Death Fugue). The novel is set in two fictitious countries - Dayang, clearly based on modern China, and Swan Valley,…