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Tag: Novel

The Essay, The Object and The Re-mix: de-centring the human in The Opposite of a Person by Lieke Marsman review

15th May 2022  Kathryn Cutler-MacKenzie

Lieke Marsman’s brilliantly ‘cool’ novel, The Opposite of a Person (translated by Sophie Collins), is at once a novel about love and language, people and the individual, nature and the ideas we wield over the natural world, writes Kathryn Cutler-MacKenzie.

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Posted in Arts, BooksTagged: Books in translation, Daunt Books, Daunt Books Originals, Environment, Lieke Marsman, Novel, Sophie Collins, The Opposite of a Person, translated fiction

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

The Second Woman by Louise Mey, translated by Louise Rogers Lalaurie

17th January 202217th January 2022  Suzannah Ball

In Louise Mey’s beautifully written psychological thriller, The Second Woman, a grieving ‘crying’ man is not what he seems – and neither is the story of his missing wife.

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Posted in Arts, BooksTagged: #MeToo, Books, Books of 2021, domestic abuse, gender-based violence, Lockdown, Louise Mey, Louise Rogers Lalaurie, Novel, psychological thriller, Pushkin Press, The Second Woman

Interview with author Sara Jaffe: ‘I wanted to think about queerness in a really close and experiential way that precedes a coming-out moment’

2nd November 20213rd November 2021  Anna Kate Blair

Anna Kate Blair talks to author Sara Jaffe about why Dryland is an anti-coming-out novel, writers who have influenced her work, being published by the Queer UK-based Independent publisher Cipher Press, leaning into the awkwardness of writing about adolescence, music and much more.

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Posted in Arts, Books, InterviewsTagged: Anna Kate Blair, anti-coming-of-age-novel, Baroque, BAROQUE Guest Editorial, Cipher Press, Denton Welch, Gwendolyn Brooks, Leanne Shapton, Lynne Tillman, Novel, queer literature, queer love, Queer Relationships, Sara Jaffe, swimming

Assembly by Natasha Brown

25th August 202125th August 2021  Lisa Goodrum

Natasha Brown’s powerful, deftly written debut explodes neoliberal myths of meritocratic success and reveals the stark reality faced by young Black women when attempting to make it to the top.

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Posted in Arts, BooksTagged: Assembly, debut, Fiction, Lisa Goodrum, Natasha Brown, Novel, Review

Interview with Buki Papillon: ‘Know the rules, so that you can break them’

13th April 202113th April 2021  Emma Hanson

Emma Hanson talks to novelist Buki Papillon about her stunning debut, An Ordinary Wonder, her literary inspirations, studying law and getting over rejection as a writer.

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Posted in Arts, Books, InterviewsTagged: An Ordinary Wonder, Buki Papillon, debut, Dialogue Books, Fiction, Interview, Millie Seaward, Novel, queer literature, Sharmaine Lovegrove, trans journeys

Tomorrow They Won’t Dare To Murder Us by Joseph Andras & translated by Simon Leser

28th February 20211st March 2021  Rym Kechacha

Rym Kechacha reviews Joseph Andras’ powerful novel, Tomorrow They Won’t Dare To Murder Us, and considers the impact of colonial violence and fights for independence around the world today.

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Posted in Arts, BooksTagged: Algeria, Algerian War of Independence, Britain and Colonialism, colonialism, De Nos Frères Blessés, Fiction, France, Hélier Cisterne, imperialism, Joseph Andras, Novel, novels, Prix Goncourt, Rym Kechacha, Simon Leser, Tomorrow They Won't Dare to Murder Us, Verso, Verso Books

Diary of a Film by Niven Govinden – a ‘skin to eye’ portrait of queer love, cinema and la dolce vita

23rd February 2021  Kathryn Cutler-MacKenzie

Niven Govinden’s latest novel, Diary of a Film, is a love letter to the art of cinema, a sensuous portrayal of the relationships occurring behind the camera as well as on-screen.

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Posted in Arts, BooksTagged: cinema, Dialogue Books, Diary of a Film, Federico Fellini, Film, Krzysztof Zanussi, La Dolce Vita, Niven Govinden, Novel, queer love, The Folded Leaf, The Structure of Crystal, This Brutal House, William Maxwell

Permission by Saskia Vogel – a stunning debut about grief and healing

29th June 2020  Elodie Rose Barnes

Saskia Vogel’s beautifully written debut, Permission, is about sex, power, and, yes, BDSM. But it’s also about grief, belonging and the healing that comes from such intimacy, writes our guest editor Elodie Rose Barnes.

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Posted in Arts, BooksTagged: BDSM, Camille Paglia, Dialogue Books, LGBTQ+, Novel, Permission, Pride, Queer Relationships, Saskia Vogel, sexuality

Interview with award-winning novelist, Kim Sherwood – ‘There is a boldness now in women’s writing, a refusal to apologise’

10th June 202011th June 2020  Miriam Al Jamil

Kim Sherwood, award-winning author of Testament, talks to Miriam Al Jamil about her debut novel and its origins, her creative process and her exciting second novel.

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Posted in Arts, Books, InterviewsTagged: Agatha Christie, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Ali Smith, Anne Michael, Art Speigelman, Beyond Boxes, Deborah Levy, Fugitive Pieces, George Baker, holocaust, Kim Sherwood, Laurent Binet, Mark Rothko, Mass Observation Archive, Maus, Novel, Paul Klee, Riverrun, Testament, Zadie Smith

The Private Joys of Nnenna Maloney by Okechukwu Nzelu – a beautiful, funny, warm debut

13th December 201913th December 2019  Victoria Smith

With The Private Joys of Nnenna Maloney, Okechuckwu Nzelu has crafted a brilliant novel about a young woman trying to discover her Nigerian roots and navigate the complexities of love.

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Posted in Arts, BooksTagged: Cambridge, Dialogue Books, Novel, Okechukwu Nzelu, The Private Joys of Nnenna Maloney

Speaking from the Body: Trauma, Pregnancy and the Eighth Amendment in Contemporary Irish Writing

15th September 201922nd May 2020  Laura Hackett

For women in Northern Ireland and a post-Repeal Republic telling stories which speak from the body and its traumas remains a powerful tool, argues Laura Hackett when considering the work of Sally Rooney, Lucy Caldwell, Sinéad Gleeson and others.

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Posted in Arts, BooksTagged: A Girl is a Half-formed Thing, Abortion, Anna Burns, Being Various, Constellations, Conversations with Friends, Eimear McBride, Fiction, Ireland, Irish Literature, Lucy Caldwell, Milkman, Normal People, Novel, Pan Macmillan, Rebecca O'Connor, Sally Rooney, Savita Halappanavar, Short Stories, Short Story, Sinéad Gleeson, The Eighth Amendment, The Lesser Bohemians

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