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BOOK REVIEW: DAUGHTERS BEYOND COMMAND

The novel traces landmark moments in French history, from the 1971 Manifesto of the 343 to the 1981 election of President François Mitterrand. Continue Reading BOOK REVIEW: DAUGHTERS ...

by Monica Cardenas • November 10, 2022October 21, 2022

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BOOK REVIEW: THE AGE OF GOODBYES

Li reanimates the yearnings and struggles of Chinese-Malaysian women over the years, and presents a vivid sense of place. Continue Reading BOOK REVIEW: THE AGE OF GOODBYES

by Christopher Redpath • November 3, 2022October 21, 2022

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BOOK REVIEW: THE CENSOR’S NOTEBOOK

To what extent are we free from the “justified interventions” of invisible censors? And if we are not free from them, are we ever going to learn about it one ...

by Barbora Cernusakova • October 20, 2022October 12, 2022

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BOOK REVIEW: GETTING LOST

Getting Lost leaves one submerged in Ernaux’s world, gasping for breath, and fighting for reason. Continue Reading BOOK REVIEW: GETTING LOST

by Ingrid Petty • October 13, 2022October 11, 2022

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BOOK REVIEW: TOMB OF SAND

Tomb of Sand is a poet’s novel, exquisitely modern. It venerates eccentricity, laughs at its own ingenuity, and blurs borders in language and life. Continue Reading BOOK REVIEW: ...

by Hannah Weber • October 6, 2022October 3, 2022

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BOOK REVIEW: THE SEVEN MOONS OF MAALI ALMEIDA

Whether you need a romance, a comedy, a satirical political history, horror, or the absurd, Karunatilaka defies genre and invites us to imagine the world beyond. Continue Reading ...

by Jennifer Brough • September 29, 2022September 27, 2022

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BOOK REVIEW: NEWS AT NOON

A capering comedy, set against the backdrop of a pandemic, which throws in some legitimate and thought-provoking concern around the influence of new media. Continue Reading BOOK REVIEW: ...

by Adam Ley-Lange • September 15, 2022September 20, 2022

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BOOK REVIEW: A DOWN HOME MEAL FOR THESE DIFFICULT TIMES

Within every journey, there are further visible and invisible journeys. This book will remain in your head and your heart for that reason alone. Continue Reading BOOK REVIEW: ...

by Barbara Wheatley • September 8, 2022September 2, 2022

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BOOK REVIEW: CAPTAIN NI’MAT’S LAST BATTLE

The intimate account of a man claiming his homosexuality, embedded within the larger history of Egyptian society. Continue Reading BOOK REVIEW: CAPTAIN NI’MAT’S LAST BATTLE

by KMA Ramsay • August 25, 2022August 15, 2022

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BOOK REVIEW: PINA

Translated from French by Jeffrey Zuckerman, Pina, which won the 2017 Eugène Dabit Prize, is a rebuke of the romanticised ideals of Tahiti and its golden sands. Continue ...

by Katy Ward • August 18, 2022August 15, 2022

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BOOK REVIEW: THE MISSING WORD

De Gregorio interrogates the classic missing person mystery and finds a deeper mystery hidden within – that of missing identity, Continue Reading BOOK REVIEW: THE MISSING WORD

by Robert Montero • August 15, 2022August 15, 2022

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BOOK REVIEW: THE FORGERY

Art doesn’t just provide discrete instances of ways of seeing the world, alternative encounters with it into which we can enter while looking at a painting or TV show. Rather, ...

by Ben Philipps • July 28, 2022July 29, 2022

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BOOK REVIEW: THE FAMILIA GRANDE

We tend to think of guilt as having a straight-forward relationship with wrong-doing. We are taught that if you do something wrong, you will feel guilty and if you haven’t ...

by Andy Charman • July 22, 2022July 22, 2022

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BOOK REVIEW: HERE BE ICEBERGS

Katya Adaui sexamines the tangled knot of everyday ties that bind us – for better or worse. Continue Reading BOOK REVIEW: HERE BE ICEBERGS

by Jennifer Brough • July 14, 2022July 6, 2022

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BOOK REVIEW: THE MEMBRANES

In the 22nd century, humanity has scorched the earth. Attempts to undo the catastrophic results of global warming have proved futile, and a new kind of “Noah’s Arc” has been ...

by Eleanor Keisman • July 7, 2022July 18, 2022

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BOOK REVIEW: THE BIRTH OF EMMA K.

The uncertainty at the core of these stories seems endless. The only thing that we can take for granted is that nothing can be taken for granted. Continue ...

by John Riley • June 30, 2022June 24, 2022