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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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THE SHADOW-BOXING WOMAN
Inka Parei
Translated from the German by Katy Derbyshire
It's taken twelve years for Inka Parei's first novel to be translated into English, but there's nothing about this book that feels dated. The protagonist, a young woman called Hell (light), lives in a dilapidated apartment block …
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Reviewed by Charlotte Simpson
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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 GOLDSMITH'S SECRET
Elia Barceló
Translated from the Spanish by David Frye
Imagine that you are a successful but lonely middle aged man, whose heart was broken years ago by the only woman you've ever loved. You are provided one opportunity to meet her again, without knowing …
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Reviewed by Darryl Morris
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RED WINE
Amina Zaydan
Translated from the Arabic by Sally Gomaa
Filled with Egyptian history and vivid wartime descriptions, Red Wine, the winner of the 2007 Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature, is a beautifully written novel by an obviously gifted author.
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Reviewed by Amanda Meale
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1222
Anne Holt
Translated from the Norwegian by Marlaine Delargy
On a frigid night, with a snowstorm raging, a train derails in the Norwegian mountains. The driver is dead, but 269 passengers are rescued, transported by snowmobile to a nearby isolated hotel at the station—1222 meters above sea level—to wait out the storm until help can reach them.
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Reviewed by Kate Morgan
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