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Rosa Maria Arquimbau: Quaranta anys perduts (Forty Lost Years)

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Post published:12 July 2021
Post category:Catalonia Civil War The Modern Novel website Women
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The latest addition to my website is Rosa Maria Arquimbau's Quaranta anys perduts (Forty Lost Years). The novel tells the story of Laura Vidal, a Barcelona woman, from Francesc Macià…

Inga Abele: Paisums (High Tide)

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Post published:3 July 2021
Post category:Latvia The Modern Novel website Women
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The latest addition to my website is Inga Abele's Paisums (High Tide). Unusually, this story is told more or less in reverse order, i.e. it starts with our heroine, Ieva,…

Lana Bastašić: Uhvati zeca (Catch the Rabbit)

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Post published:30 May 2021
Post category:Bosnia The Modern Novel website Women
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The latest addition to my website is Lana Bastašić's Uhvati zeca (Catch the Rabbit). Sara is a Bosnian woman who has been living for some time in Dublin with her…

Mieko Kawakami: ヘヴン (Heaven)

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Post published:22 May 2021
Post category:Bullying Japan The Modern Novel website Women
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The latest addition to my website is Mieko Kawakami's ヘヴン (Heaven). This story is about bullying but it is no Tom Brown's School Days. Our unnamed narrator is a fourteen…

Maria Stepanova: Памяти памяти (In Memory of Memory)

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Post published:28 April 2021
Post category:Russia The Modern Novel website Women
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The latest addition to my website is Maria Stepanova's Памяти памяти (In Memory of Memory). This is a superb documentary novel, narrated by the author but written, in some respects,…

Ivana Bodrožić: Rupa (We Trade Our Night for Someone Else’s Day)

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Post published:12 April 2021
Post category:Croatia The Modern Novel website Women
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The latest addition to my website is Ivana Bodrožić's Rupa (We Trade Our Night for Someone Else’s Day). It is set in an unnamed city but clearly the Croatian town…

Eva Baltasar: Permagel (Permafrost)

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Post published:2 April 2021
Post category:Catalonia Lesbianism The Modern Novel website Women
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The latest addition to my website is Eva Baltasar's Permagel (Permafrost). This novel is based on Baltasar being told by her therapist to write about her life, which she did,…

Danielle Mémoire: Lecture publique suivie d’un débat (Public Reading Followed by Discussion)

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Post published:27 March 2021
Post category:France The Modern Novel website Women
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The latest addition to my website is Danielle Mémoire's Lecture publique suivie d’un débat (Public Reading Followed by Discussion). Last year John O'Brien, visionary founder of the Dalkey Archive Press…

Sahar Khalifeh : الأول : رواية (My First and Only Love)

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Post published:26 March 2021
Post category:Palestine The Modern Novel website Women
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The latest addition to my website is Sahar Khalifeh 's الأول : رواية (My First and Only Love). Our heroine is Nidal. The novel starts during the 1936–1939 Arab revolt…

Pola Oloixarac: Mona (Mona)

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Post published:16 March 2021
Post category:Argentina Literary Prizes Peru The Modern Novel website Women
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The latest addition to my website is Pola Oloixarac's Mona (Mona). Our heroine/narrator is Mona Tarrile-Byrne, a Peruvian writer. Her first novel was well received and helped get her onto…