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Tag: Book Review

The Limits of My Language: Meditations on Depression – an intellectual exploration of the personal at an arm’s length

21st June 202122nd June 2021  Jennifer Brough

Eva Meijer’s richly referenced musings illustrate the gaps in language when trying to distil the depressive experience.

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Posted in Arts, BooksTagged: Antoinette Fawcett, Book Review, Books in translation, depression, Eva Meijer, Language, Mental Health, Pushkin Press

In Memory of Memory: the fragmented story of a family’s century

17th June 202122nd June 2021  Shamini Sriskandarajah

Maria Stepanova’s memoir, translated from the Russian by Sasha Dugdale, weaves together storytelling, culture, art, and philosophy to form a mosaic image of her family’s history.

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Posted in Arts, BooksTagged: Book Review, Books in translation, family history, Fitzcarraldo Editions, Maria Stepanova, memoir, memory, Russian literature, Sasha Dugdale

Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again: an interview with Katherine Angel

9th June 20219th June 2021  Elodie Rose Barnes

In her new book, Katherine Angel explores the nuances and complexities of consent, female desire, and vulnerability in a post #MeToo world, and asks whether explicit consent really does make sex good again.

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Posted in Arts, Books, InterviewsTagged: Book Review, Consent, female desire, Katherine Angel, sexual assault, sexual politics, Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again, Verso Books

Self Portrait in Green: a slippery snapshot of a search for self

7th June 20217th June 2021  Jennifer Brough

Marie NDiaye’s hazy novella, translated by Jordan Stump, unsettles the reader as much as the narrator in a mysterious memoir of strange encounters.

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Posted in Arts, BooksTagged: autofiction, Book Review, Books in translation, Influx Press, Jordan Stump, Marie NDiaye, novella, Self Portrait in Green

Strange Beasts of China by Yan Ge: surreal and bizarrely beautiful

31st May 202131st May 2021  Yen Ooi

Yan Ge’s novel, translated by Jeremy Tiang, is a fantastical exploration of life, love, relationships, and the beast-like nature of humans.

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Posted in Arts, BooksTagged: Book Review, Books in translation, Fiction, Jeremy Tiang, Strange Beasts of China, Tilted Axis Press, Yan Ge

Two Latin American detective novels: turning the genre inside out

26th May 202131st May 2021  Selin Genc

Havana Year Zero by Karla Suárez, and Elena Knows by Claudia Piñeiro: two new translated books from Charco Press that are quirky, poignant, and very relevant for our times.

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Posted in Arts, BooksTagged: Book Review, Books in translation, Charco Press, Christina Macsweeney, Claudia Piñeiro, Frances Riddle, Karla Suárez, Latin American literature

The Flower Girls by Alice Clark-Platts

22nd January 201923rd January 2019  Ishita Ranjan

After the mysterious disappearance of a toddler, past events involving siblings Laurel and Primrose resurface. Our arts contributor, Ishita Ranjan, reviews Alice Clark-Platts’ gripping crime thriller, The Flower Girls.

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Posted in Arts, BooksTagged: Alice Clark-Platts, Bloomsbury Fiction, Book Review, Crime, Fiction, Raven Books, The Flower Girls, Thriller

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