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Last Evenings with Teresa by Juan Marsé Review

December 17, 2025 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

A landmark novel exploring desire and illusion, class conflict and the stark divide between rich and poor in post-Civil War Barcelona, Last Evenings with Teresa by Juan Marsé is an engrossing read imbued with literary […]

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Zombie Proust Jérôme Prieur Review

December 16, 2025 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

Marcel Proust may have died over a century ago, but his legacy endures. Readers are still captivated by the way À la recherche du Temps Perdu redefined modern literature; by how Proust shows the drama […]

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Summer at Mount Asama Masashi Matsuie Review

December 8, 2025 Guest Contributor Comments Off

Summer at Mount Asama by Masashi Matsuie is a novel that comes together through its attention to minutiae. Whether describing the sound of a Kogera bird or the angle of a chair leg, Masashi Matsuie’s […]

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The National Telepathy Roque Larraquy Review

November 27, 2025 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

The National Telepathy by Roque Larraquy, skilfully translated by Frank Wynne, is an extraordinary, disturbing, metaphoric read. A satire of scientific racism; a critique of colonialism and its mindset, the novel questions to what extent […]

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All the Lights Clemens Meyer Review

November 21, 2025 Guest Contributor Comments Off

The English-speaking world was first introduced to German author Clemens Meyer in 2011 when his short story collection All the Lights was published by powerhouse indie And Other Stories in Katy Derbyshire’s translation. A landmark […]

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Three Years on Fire Andrey Kurkov Review

November 19, 2025 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

Andrey Kurkov is widely regarded as the most internationally visible Ukrainian writer of his generation, bridging Ukrainian, Russian-language and Western literary worlds without losing cultural specificity. He challenges Western assumptions and humanises a country that […]

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Reading Around the World Top 5 Books of the Month

November 18, 2025 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

Greetings readers! Here are Our Top 5 Books of the Month from around the world to keep your mind sharp, your perspective fresh and to remind us all why cultural literacy matters more than ever. […]

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In Farthest Seas Lalla Romano Review

October 30, 2025 Guest Contributor Comments Off

In Farthest Seas by Lalla Romano, tr. Brian Robert Moore, is published by Pushkin Press. “For me, to write has always been to pluck from the dense and complex fabric of life, some image, from […]