A complex, beautiful, poetic and disturbing mediation on human existence. Continue Reading BOOK REVIEW: MISTER N
if there are two fearsome things lurking in the collective psyche of young Japanese minds today, it is surely having children, and moving to the countryside. Continue Reading ...
English-readers can at last explore the upside-down worlds of the great Budi Darma. Continue Reading BOOK REVIEW: PEOPLE OF BLOOMINGTON
A story of loneliness and dislocation that celebrates the art of story-telling. Continue Reading BOOK REVIEW: SONG FOR THE MISSING
“Monsters Like Us” explores the violence human beings inflict on one another, and though pervaded by melancholy, it offers some hope for a better future. Continue Reading BOOK ...
A dramatic reminder of the persecution and privation experienced by those forced to flee. Continue Reading BOOK REVIEW: MURDERS OF MOISES VILLE
An exploration of language and identity in a quasi-dystopian landscape. Continue Reading BOOK REVIEW: SCATTERED ALL OVER THE EARTH
Solà’s use of sound and color is best when read out loud. Continue Reading BOOK REVIEW: WHEN I SING, MOUNTAINS DANCE
It is true that not everybody lives the same way, but some of us will for a time… Continue Reading BOOK REVIEW: NOT EVERYBODY LIVES THE SAME WAY
If being a writer is the greater height, where lower to fall than the foot of a neglected tower block? Continue Reading BOOK REVIEW: MARZAHN, MON AMOUR
A chilling contribution to a sadly slim body of works that highlight the plight of women in Morocco today Continue Reading BOOK REVIEW: BLOOD FEAST
Jarring, discombobulating, and challenging, Mandanipour’s stories are a very necessary read. Continue Reading BOOK REVIEW: SEASONS OF PURGATORY
Nathacha Appanah takes us on a journey through three generations of a fractured family, told from the different perspectives of a mother and her two children Continue Reading ...
If you’re looking to become submerged in a strange disquieting world, It’s Getting Dark certainly delivers. Continue Reading BOOK REVIEW: IT’S GETTING DARK
In Pasaribu’s stories, all places offer only temporary shelter, and all relationships are doomed to change or expire. Continue Reading BOOK REVIEW: HAPPY STORIES, MOSTLY
Mahsa Mohebali’s novel In Case of Emergency reviewed Continue Reading BOOK REVIEW: IN CASE OF EMERGENCY
Fatima Dass’ ground-breaking debut novel, The Last One, reviewed Continue Reading BOOK REVIEW: THE LAST ONE
Winner of the 2020 Goncourt prize, this novel by Hervé Le Tellier feels unusually close to film Continue Reading BOOK REVIEW: THE ANOMALY