Like many of you who are joining in with Women in Translation Month, I am keen to read Breasts and Eggs by…
Book Reviews
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If you like historical fiction that leans more to the historical than the fiction, how would you feel about an almost wholly…
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First published in 1959 with the title Primera Memoria, Ana María Matute’s novel The Island has recently been published in English by…
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I loved Fernando Sdrigotti’s short story Jolts when it appeared in 3am Magazine in 2015. Now five years have whipped by and…
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Over the lockdown, Seagull Books gave away a cornucopia of world literature to readers. I chose The Book of Mordechai and Lazarus…
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In my 20 Books of Summer ’20 post I noted that there were a number of reading challenges happening in June and…
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This is about cosy reads. That sounds like a harsh term when viewed in isolation, but it’s one I like to use.…
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The 1920 Club has been happening this week, with many good choices of books to read – including the first Agatha Christie…
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Territory of Light was on many best of the year lists in 2019 – and is on my to be read list…
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In his introduction to The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories, Murakami Haruki describes the collection as giving ‘the same kind of…