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The Roof Beneath Their Feet Geetanjali Shree Review

May 25, 2026 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

The Roof Beneath Their Feet by Geetanjali Shree, who won the International Booker in 2022 with Tomb of Sand, is a lyrical meditation on memory, grief and unconventional female love. Beautifully translated into English by […]

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Reading Around the World Top 5 Books of the Month

May 24, 2026 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

Our monthly top 5 books roundup brings together idiosyncratic strong voices in translation, each tracking the art of survival across vastly different landscapes. Whether navigating the external terrors of a regime or the internal wilderness […]

My Women Yuliia Iliukha Review

April 6, 2026 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

My Women by Yuliia Iliukha, translated by Hanna Leliv, is a powerful and critically acclaimed collection of short fiction that shines a spotlight on the experiences of women during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The […]

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Reading Around the World Top 5 Books of the Month

March 22, 2026 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

Our Reading Around the World Top 5 Books of the Month come from France and the Congo, Iran, Suriname and the Netherlands, India, Spain. Ève Guerra, Shahnrush Parsipur, Astrid Roemer, Vivek Shanbhag and Sara Torres […]

The Fire Cecilia Sala Review

March 19, 2026 Guest Contributor Comments Off

Italian journalist, Cecilia Sala, belongs to the breed of courageous reporters – many of them women – who travel to some of the most dangerous countries in the world to see for themselves exactly what […]

Angst Hélène Cixous Review

March 17, 2026 Guest Contributor Comments Off

Hélène Cixous is best known in the Anglophone world for her 1976 essay The Laugh of the Medusa (Le Rire de la Méduse) — published in English one year later — in which she laid […]

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East Asian Literature Leads the Way Taiwan, Korea & Japan Spotlight

February 25, 2026 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

East Asian literature is redefining the global canon. While the United States slides into a form of governance that resembles authoritarian farce — tariffs yoyoing up and down, economic policy underpinned by punishment, leadership reduced […]

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The Simple Art of Killing a Woman Patrícia Melo Review

October 24, 2025 Guest Contributor Comments Off

The Simple Art of Killing a Woman by Patrícia Melo, tr. Sophie Lewis is published by Indigo Press. Righteous indignation rarely produces good novels. The writer is too busy shouting from a soap-box to construct […]