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Tag: literature in translation

‘You had to tell children the truth’: intergenerational bonds, backlashes, secrets and alliances in Veronique Olmi’s Daughters Beyond Command

14th November 2022  Kathryn Cutler-MacKenzie

Family ties are challenged and remade during politically divisive and tumultuous times in Véronique Olmi’s intimate and brilliantly written novel, Daughters Beyond Command.

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Posted in Arts, BooksTagged: Alison Anderson, Books, daughters, Daughters Beyond Command, Europa Editions, Feminism, Kathryn Cutler-Mackenzie, Literature, literature in translation, mother-daughter relationships, Motherhood, Novel, Véronique Olmi

The Wonders by Elena Medel

7th April 20227th April 2022  Rym Kechacha

Moving between the lives of several generations of women in Spain, Elena Medel’s beautifully observed debut novel, The Wonders, examines class and the impact of poverty on family relationships and aspirations.

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Posted in Arts, BooksTagged: class, Elena Medel, literature in translation, Lizzie Davis, Novel, Pushkin Press, Rym Kechacha, The Wonders, Thomas Bunstead
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