“Since I’d been born I’d been trying to get my mother to connect to life”: Nora Ikstena, Soviet Milk
Translated from the Latvian by Margita Gailitis (Peirene, 2018) I’ve read a number of books published by Peirene (you can see them all in my…
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Translated from the Spanish by Sophie Hughes (OneWorld, 2016). There are very few books that I love completely, unconditionally, evangelically, and Umami is one of…
Translated from the French by Alison L. Strayer (Fitzcarraldo, 2018) The opening line of Annie Ernaux’s The Years, “All the images will disappear”, both sets…
Translated from the German by Jen Calleja (Peirene, 2017) Dance by the Canal was the third book released by Peirene in their “East and West”…
Translated from the Spanish by Megan McDowell (Oneworld, 2017) Usually I think that the phrase “I couldn’t put it down” is just a figure of…
Translated from the German by Susan Bernofsky (Portobello Books, 2015) Jenny Erpenbeck is hailed as one of Europe’s most highly regarded writers, and in 2015…
Translated from the Polish by Jennifer Croft (Fitzcarraldo, 2017) In honour of last night’s Man Booker International prize announcement, I’m publishing a special mid-week review…
Translated from the Hebrew by Sondra Silverston (Pushkin Press) If ever a book has taught me not to judge it by its cover, this is…
Translated from the Italian by Clarissa Botsford (And Other Stories, 2015) This book represents many ‘firsts’ for me: most notably, it was the first time…
Translated from the French by Adriana Hunter, Peirene, 2016 This is the first of several novels published by Peirene Press that I’ll be including in…