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Men at war refers to men leaving home to fight, under the banner of duty, survival, loyalty or ideology. It’s not just about the act of fighting, but the entire human condition, given how it encompasses brotherhood, courage and fear, duty and sacrifice, loss and trauma, masculine identity and nationhood. 

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A coming-of-age saga, Red River centres around the fate of three boys whose childhood friendship is strained by political upheaval and violence. Set against the turbulent shifts in power in Assam in the late twentieth […]
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In her striking debut novel Ever Land, Amy Abdelnoor steps into the polarized landscape of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, exploring its fractures through a supernatural interweaving of the lives of two teenage girls separated by three […]
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November 19, 2025 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off on Three Years on Fire Andrey Kurkov Review
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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Our Daily War Andrey Kurkov Review

September 29, 2025 Guest Contributor Comments Off on Our Daily War Andrey Kurkov Review
Our Daily War, the much-anticipated sequel to Andrey Kurkov’s first volume of war diaries, Diary of an Invasion, sees the esteemed Ukrainian author pushing the boundaries of non-fiction to deliver an intimate reflection on the […]
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The Winter Warriors Olivier Norek Review

September 14, 2025 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off on The Winter Warriors Olivier Norek Review
The Winter Warriors by Olivier Norek, beautifully translated by Nick Caistor, is based on the conflict between Finland and the Soviet Union known as the Winter War. Norek draws on genuine battles and hardships which […]
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Daybreak in Gaza & From the River to the Sea Two Book Review

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Daybreak in Gaza: Stories of Palestinian Lives and Culture edited by Mahmoud Muna and Matthew Teller, with Juliette Touma and Jayyab Abusafia (Saqi Books), and From the River to the Sea and Other Poems by Samer Abu Hawwash (Banipal Books) are a […]
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  More and more articles about the connection between The Sabres of Paradise and Dune are appearing online. Direct film adaptations provide the biggest boost to the popularity of a book and its sales, so […]
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September 18, 2023 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off on Jean Michelin Those Who Stay 4Translation
Those Who Stay by Jean Michelin is a powerful and deeply human novel about the impact of war on soldiers fighting in distant countries, and what these men are like when they return. Wearing a mask […]

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