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'Be Careful Out There, Be Careful in Here: The Dangerous Worlds of Ludmilla Petrushevskaya' by Tim Jones
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An extended review of Hillary Jordan's When She Woke explores this thoughtful, modern re-telling of a classic.
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'Eyes for the Grotesque Things in Life': A Conversation with Sarah Hall
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Reviews
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PAST THE SHALLOWS
Favel Parrett
Favel Parrett has written an unequivocally strong debut novel in Past the Shallows. From the opening paragraph she sets the mood for this breathtaking story brilliantly.
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Reviewed by Judy Lim
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ALICE
Judith Hermann
Translated from the German by Margot Bettauer Dembo
The five short stories in this slim volume have two things in common: an introspective protagonist, and death. We meet Alice as she quietly ruminates …
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Reviewed by Akeela Gaibie Dawood
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THE FASTER I WALK, THE SMALLER I AM
Kjersti Skomsvold
Translated from the Norwegian by Kerri A. Pierce
In 2009 Kjersti Skomsvold's slim debut novel won the Tarjei Vesaas prize, Norway's highest honour for a first book. Thankfully we have only had to wait two years for an English translation.
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Reviewed by Andy Barnes
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ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKING INDIAN
Rupinder Gill
Sometimes you just need to read something fun. After many years immersed in the non-fiction world of career, home renovation and childcare books, I've been trying to …
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Reviewed by Joyce Nickel
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THE BUDDHA IN THE ATTIC
Julie Otsuka
Julie Otsuka, author of the wonderful When the Emperor was Divine, has produced an exceptional novel in The Buddha in the Attic. It is a novel seemingly without plot and seemingly without characters. Yet the characters exist.
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Reviewed by Judy Lim
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