translation

Today would have been Vasily Grossman’s birthday and in honour of the occasion, I am trying to fit in a few chapters …

This is a busy time of year, as noted in my last review, and when reading time is short, I often turn …

This Kim Jiyoung Born 1982 review is a little late as I started reading Cho Nam-Joo’s novel as part of 20 Books …

I realised that although two other recent reviews – The Comrade from Milan and Second-Hand Time – mentioned Maria Stepanova’s family history, …

This The Comrade from Milan review came via a Verso Book Club subscription, which I recommend if you are into discovering new …

If you, like me, are looking forward to this year’s Women in Translation Month and anticipating all the new books and writers …

A post on about romance in books reminded me that I had been meaning to write this At the End of the …

Unravelling a mystery is the opportunity not only for a gripping ‘whodunit’ but also a deep dive into Japanese society and its …

With a title that is crying out to be the name of a band, up there with …And You Will Know Us …

If you like historical fiction that leans more to the historical than the fiction, how would you feel about an almost wholly …