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BOOK REVIEW: SCATTERED ALL OVER THE EARTH
An exploration of language and identity in a quasi-dystopian landscape.
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BOOK REVIEW: WHEN I SING, MOUNTAINS DANCE
Solà’s use of sound and color is best when read out loud.
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BOOK REVIEW: NOT EVERYBODY LIVES THE SAME WAY
It is true that not everybody lives the same way, but some of us will for a time…
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BOOK REVIEW: THE MEMORY MONSTER
Be wary of monsters – they bite.
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BOOK REVIEW: MARZAHN, MON AMOUR
If being a writer is the greater height, where lower to fall than the foot of a neglected tower block?
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BOOK REVIEW: ROSE ROYAL
This could be her last chance. Luc might be the best she can hope for. Or maybe she has finally just tired of defying expectations…
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BOOK REVIEW: BLOOD FEAST
A chilling contribution to a sadly slim body of works that highlight the plight of women in Morocco today
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BOOK REVIEW: SEASONS OF PURGATORY
Jarring, discombobulating, and challenging, Mandanipour’s stories are a very necessary read.
BOOK REVIEW: THE SKY ABOVE THE ROOF
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
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BOOK REVIEW: BLUE: A NOVEL
Blue by Emmelie Prophète reviewed
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BOOK REVIEW: IT’S GETTING DARK
If you’re looking to become submerged in a strange disquieting world, It’s Getting Dark certainly delivers.
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BOOK REVIEW: HAPPY STORIES, MOSTLY
In Pasaribu’s stories, all places offer only temporary shelter, and all relationships are doomed to change or expire.
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BOOK REVIEW: IN CASE OF EMERGENCY
Mahsa Mohebali’s novel In Case of Emergency reviewed
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BOOK REVIEW: THE LAST ONE
Fatima Dass’ ground-breaking debut novel, The Last One, reviewed
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BOOK REVIEW: EVER SINCE I DID NOT DIE
This collection, somewhere between prose and poetry, recounts the painful experience of war and exile
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BOOK REVIEW: THE WOMAN FROM URUGUAY
This latest work by Pedro Mairal examines wealth, desire, and betrayal.
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BOOK REVIEW: HARROW
A fun and deeply cynical view of the future, Joy Williams’ new novel, Harrow, warns of the danger we face in “trashing” our world.
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BOOK REVIEW: 533: A BOOK OF DAYS
A slow and patient novel that looks closely at the world and the author’s experience of it.
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BOOK REVIEW: BRICKMAKERS
An exploration of masculinity by Argentina’s Selva Almada.
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BOOK REVIEW: THE INTERIM
Translated into English by Isabel Fargo Cole, Hilbig’s final novel tells of alienation and unrest in Cold War Germany