Satire is a literary artistic technique used to criticize or ridicule human vices, follies, or societal abuses through humour, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule with the aim of provoking thought through entertainment, and to inspire change by showing up the absurdity or hypocrisy in behaviours, institutions, or policies of those in power or wanting to take power.
Book Club (Translation)
The National Telepathy Roque Larraquy Review
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 […]
