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Earliest Stories 1880-1882, Anton Chekhov bookblast podcast

Earliest Stories 1880-1882, Anton Chekhov (eds) Rosamund Bartlett, Elena Michajlowska Review

January 30, 2026 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

Anton Chekhov’s short stories are staples of English literature degrees and creative writing courses alike, routinely held up as an example of “show, don’t tell.” Revered as a master of psychological realism, he demonstrates how […]

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Killing the Nerve Anna Pazos Review

January 9, 2026 Guest Contributor Comments Off

Killing the Nerve by Anna Pazos, superbly translated by Charlotte Coombe and Laura McGloughlin, is an autobiographical account of the early stages of a journalistic career (a genre the blurb calls ‘auto-journalism’) which focuses less […]

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Stranger to the Moon Evelio Rosero Review

December 19, 2021 Guest Contributor Comments Off

Stranger to the Moon by Evelio Rosero, translated by Anne McLean, reviewed by Victor Meadowcroft for BookBlast. Stranger to the Moon chilling dystopian parable which is like the detailed, imaginative nightmare of a fantastic surrealist […]

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The Others Raül Garrigasait Review

May 21, 2021 Guest Contributor Comments Off

The Others by Raül Garrigasait, translated by Tiago Miller, reviewed by Andrew McDougall for BookBlast. “Wielemann threw himself head first into the pandemonium once again” (p.99) Although he is pushed towards the Iberian Peninsula by […]

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Kokoschka’s Doll Afonso Cruz Review

March 12, 2021 Guest Contributor Comments Off

Kokoschka’s Doll by Afonso Cruz, translated by Rahul Bery, reviewed by Andrew McDougall for BookBlast. Kokoschka’s Doll is a surreal, poignant and vertiginous reflection on the nature of the universe, life’s coincidences and the human […]

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Theatre of War Andrea Jeftanovic Review

November 6, 2020 Guest Contributor Comments Off

Theatre of War by Andrea Jeftanovic, translated by Frances Riddle, reviewed by Andrew McDougall for BookBlast. Andrea Jeftanovic’s Theatre of War takes place over three acts and many scenes, and is acted out on various […]

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A Musical Offering Luis Sagasti Review

September 20, 2020 Guest Contributor Comments Off

A Musical Offering by Luis Sagasti, translated by Fionn Petch, reviewed by Victor Meadowcroft for BookBlast. A Note-Perfect Ode to Wonder The novel opens with an account of the origins of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Goldberg […]

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The Triumph of Ecuadorian Fiction Victor Meadowcroft Spotlight

July 23, 2020 Guest Contributor Comments Off

A Literary Eruption: The Triumph of Ecuadorian Fiction by Victor Meadowcroft exclusively for BookBlast In his collection of dispatches from “the new Latin America” entitled How to Travel Without Seeing (trs. Jeffrey Lawrence), celebrated Spanish-Argentine […]