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The Second Republic of Consciousness Prize Spotlight

March 24, 2018 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off on The Second Republic of Consciousness Prize Spotlight
Now in its second year, The Republic of Consciousness Prize for Small Presses is making waves and highlighting the superb and genuinely original writing being published by diverse independent publishers. “Most writers make less than […]
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Where Have All the Intellectuals Gone? Book Launch News Archive

March 18, 2018 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off on Where Have All the Intellectuals Gone? Book Launch News Archive
The book launch at Librairie La Page, 7 Harrington Road, South Kensington SW7 next Tuesday 20 March at 6.30pm is likely to be a magnet for intellectuals: a rare breed nowadays, since informed, considered debate […]
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Two deliciously dark novels by Marie Darrieussecq Two deliciously dark novels by Marie Darrieussecq reviewed for BookBlast by @emily.unwin 
How to Make a Woman @fittzcarraldoeditions and Our Life in the Forest @transitbooks form a razor-sharp social duet dissecting womanhood, autonomy and the disturbing pressures of modern existence. 
If you love unsettling, atmospheric French fiction that lingers in the mind, The Handmaid’s Tale, or feminist dystopias, these are perfect reads.
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This week, BookBlast brings you a curated collecti This week, BookBlast brings you a curated collection of some of the best contemporary writing from Albania, Hungary, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia. These translations capture the wit, grit and complex soul of the Balkan peninsula past and present. 
Immerse yourself in The Siege by Ismail Kadare, a compelling, fictional account set in pre-Ottoman Albania against the backdrop of an impending war, Café Europa by Slavenka Drakulić, a collection of essays which traverse daily life in various Eastern European countries acclimatising to the fall of Communism, Belladonna by Daša Drndić, an intense, psychological novel that exposes the cruelty of historical artefacts and events, the timeless classic Baba Yaga Laid an Egg by Dubravka Ugrešić, which entwines ancient Eastern European mythology through interconnected stories, and finally Byron and the Beauty by Muharem Bazdulj, a historical fiction inspired by the Romantic poet’s famous journey through the Balkans. 
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