Book Reviews by Author

↑A

Aareleid, Kai
Book cover for Burning Cities by Kai Aareleid. Image shows a two card tower, the card facing outwards is the five of spades.
Adimi, Kaouther
Our Riches
Agualusa, José Eduardo
A white chameleon cut out on a blue/yellow/green mosaic effect background
Allende, Isabel
The House of the Spirits
Amada, Selva
Image shows a green background with white splashes like costellations
Andreev, Leonid
Cover image shows a protrait of Pushkin holding a quill pen byKonchalovsky
Aspe, Pieter
Cover image for The Square of Revenge by Pieter Aspe, the cover shows a photograph of a Belgian street tinged with orange

↑B

Babel, Isaac
Cover image shows a protrait of Pushkin holding a quill pen byKonchalovsky
Bacharevič, Alhierd
A large dark bird on a blue background. A man and a child running away behind thorny red and blue branches.
Barakat, Najwa
Cover image shows the silhouette of a man's head and shoulders in pink and black, the outlilne filled with storm clouds or perhaps billowing smoke
Barbery, Muriel
Cover shows the title with a background reminiscent of a wrougt iron gate
Bassani, Giorgio
Image of book cover 'The Garden of the Finzi-Continis' by Giorgio Bassani
Beauvoir, Simone de
Cover shows Pierre Bonnard's painting of a woman in a wicker chair.
Bellová, Bianca
Photograph of a sunburnt child emerging from water.
Belorusets, Yevgenia
Book cover for Lucky Breaks by Yevgenia Belorusets, image shows a broken umbrella that resembles a flower in black ink
Boschwitz, Ulrich Alexander
image shows book cover of The Passenger by Ulrich Boschwitz. A man in a suit looks over his shoulder and runs down a station platform in Nazi Germany as a steam train approaches behind him.
Bufalino, Gesualdo
Detail from The Triumph of Death, a fresco style close up image of a mediaeval man's face looking down.
A naked woman on a green background
A castle on a cliff, a rough sea below and gathering clouds above
Bunin, Ivan
Cover image shows a protrait of Pushkin holding a quill pen byKonchalovsky
Buzzati, Dino
book cover for Catastrophe by Dino Buzzati

↑C

Calvino, Italo
If on a winter's night a traveller
Camilleri, Andrea
A man sits at a restaurant table with food and a bottle of wine with mysterious figures in the middle distance.
A French window with ornate stone surround opens inwards to show the silhouette of a figure playing the violin
Three judges mallets in red
Excursion to Tindari
Silhouette drawing of a man with a gun behind a car, the sea and a town with arid hills above.
Cover image of The Shape of Water by Camilleri
Image of book cover 'Hunting Season' by Andrea Camilleri
Image of book cover 'The Brewer of Preston' by Andrea Camilleri
Carofiglio, Gianrico
A man's hands, handcuffed behind his back. The man is wearing a smart suit and jacket.
Book cover for Reasonable Doubts by Gianrico Carofiglio, image shows a shadowy male figure walking away from us under an archway leading to a traditional Italian piazza.
Image of book cover for A Walk in the Dark by Gianrico Carofiglio, image shows a woman's bare legs from the knee down, she is standing andwearing a pair of red court shoes
Cover image for Involuntary Witness by Gianrico Carofiglio, image shows the back view of a shirtless boy lying on the ground in tones of blue and grey
Cataldo, Giancarlo De
Three judges mallets in red
Cercas, Javier
Photo fit of a man's face with each quarter being a different look
Chekhov, Anton
An empty hospital bed in front of an open window. Detail from Sleepless night (1903) by Nikolai Romadin
Black and white close up photographic image of a face in profile
Cover image shows a protrait of Pushkin holding a quill pen byKonchalovsky
Cognetti, Paolo
The Eight Mountains
Colette
Silhouette of a cat on a fiery sunset background
Cámara, Gabriela Cabezón
The Adventures of China Iron
Cârneci, Magda
Book cover for FEM by Magda Carneci, cover image shows a segmented sphere in deep pastel colours containing the book's title

↑D

Djavadi, Negar
Book cover for Disoriental by Négar Djavadi shows a colourful phoenix on a purple background
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
Cover image shows a protrait of Pushkin holding a quill pen byKonchalovsky
Dusapin, Elisa Shua
Winter in Sokcho cover is in landscape and shows a postcard of a seaside resort overlaid by the title.

↑E

Eco, Umberto
Medieval figures including a monk and a jester with skulls and a rose on a red background
Image shows cover of Umberto Eco's The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana. a Jester holding a bottle stands in a spiral of orange peel
Edenborg, C/M
Image of book cover 'Hunger House' by C/M Edenborg showing young girl approaching abandoned house from a forest
Ernaux, Annie
The Years
Esquivel, Laura
Like Water For Chocolate

↑F

Falco, Federico
A Perfect Cemetery
Fallada, Hans
Cover image of Alone in Berlin by Hans Fallada show a black and white photo of 1940s Berlin in the fog
Ferrante, Elena
Image of book cover 'The Story of a New Name' by Elena Ferrante
My Brilliant Friend
Flaubert, Gustave
A detail from a portrait of his wife by Claude Monet

↑G

Garshin, Vsevolod
Cover image shows a protrait of Pushkin holding a quill pen byKonchalovsky
Genovesi, Fabio
The Breaking of a Wave
Giordano, Paolo
Like Family
Giovanni, Maurizio de
Splashes of red, yellow and green as the silhouette of a man walks through a portico
Glauser, Friedrich
Cover image for The Spoke by Friedrich Glauser shows the shadow of a bicycle on a pavement.
Gogol, Nikolay
Cover image shows a protrait of Pushkin holding a quill pen byKonchalovsky
Gorky, Maxim
Cover image shows a protrait of Pushkin holding a quill pen byKonchalovsky
Gómez-Jurado, Juan
The Traitor's Emblem

↑H

Herrndorf, Wolfgang
Image of the cover of the novel 'Why we took the car' by Wolfgang Herrndorf
Hiekkapelto, Kati
A moonlit road in a forest with tyre tracks
Homer
Image shows a letter I with two greek soldiers fighting with spears
Huisman, Violaine
Collage effect with a blue cutout hiding the black and white photographic profile of a classically beautiful woman

↑I

Isaka, Kotaro
Image shows cover of Bullet Train by Kotaro Isaka

↑J

Jansson, Tove
Image shows a blurry image of a window pane on one side covered with ice crystals
Image shows a seascape in shades of blue and two figures in a small boat
Jubaili, Diaa
Cover image for No Windmills in Basra, shows the yellow sails of a windmill with line drawings of amimals, birds a lighthouse and a wristwatch
Jónsdóttir, Auður
Cover of Quake by Auður Jónsdóttir, shows a small red brain in the centre of the cover

↑K

Kawakami, Hiromi
Image of book cover 'The Ten loves of Mr Nishino' by Hiromi Kawakami
Image of cover for 'Strange Weather in Tokyo' by Hiromi Kawakami
Kazakov, Yury
Cover image shows a protrait of Pushkin holding a quill pen byKonchalovsky
Kertész, Imre
Light blue background with crudely drawn stick figures disappearing into the distance
Detective Story
Cover has a painting by Giorgio de Chirico showing a porticoed building in from of which a girl runs with a hoop (Melancholy and Mystery of a Street)
Kurkov, Andrey
Black and white line drawing of a gangster in a hearse throwing a gold fish into the air out of the passenger window. A woman wearing shades is driving and a parrot sits on the roof.
Cover image of Grey Bees by Andrej Kurkov shows a beekeeper lifting a comb from a hive on a bright golden yellow background
A black cartoon style penguin on a yellow background

↑L

Lagioia, Nicola
Ferocity
Lampedusa, Tomasi di
A heraldic image of a leopard standing on one leg, on a red background
Lermontov, Mikhail
Cover image shows a protrait of Pushkin holding a quill pen byKonchalovsky
Leskov, Nikolay
Cover image shows a protrait of Pushkin holding a quill pen byKonchalovsky
Levi, Primo
A diagram of a chain of chemical elements.
Three men in concentration camp uniform look out at the camera
Levrero, Mario
Cover image shows the yellow chalk outline of a dove or pigeon on a grey background
Lispector, Clarice
Cover image for Complete Stories by Clarice Lispector. Image shows detail from a portrait of Lispector by Giorgio de Chirico
Book cover for Near to the Wild Heart by Clarice Lispector. Cover image is a detail from Ariadne by Giorgio de Chirico
Lucarelli, Carlo
Three judges mallets in red

↑M

Maliandi, Carla
Book cover for The German Room by Carla Maliandi. Cover image is abstract with black, white and red shapes squares on a mustard background
Malvaldi, Marco
Game for Five
The Measure of a Man
Mann, Thomas
A bare mountainside rises behind a conifer forest. Below a swiss castle with two pointed turrets and many windows approached by a winding road.
Marić, Senka
Cover image shows a collage made up of fragments of a photo showing a woman's body
Martínez, Guillermo
An Edwardian era black and white photo of a young girl seated sideways on a chair on the front of an old book tied with string.
A panelled door in a grand room with elaborate cornicing opens inwards to reveal an empty room
Mohebali, Mahsa
Image of book cover for In Case of Emergency by Mahsa Mohebali. Image shows book title falling diagonally down the page like a fault, with a backdrop of built up houses in Tehran superimposed with opium poppies.
Montalbán, Manuel Vásquez
The Angst Ridden Executive book cover showing the back view of a man at a desk, his head in the crosshairs.
Morábito, Fabio
Book cover for Home Reading Service by Fabio Morábito. Image shows a young man with a pink book obscuring his face. The book shows the title.
Murakami, Haruki
A cat with very green eyes walks straight out of the cover
Márai, Sándor
Black and white photo of a grand wrought iron gate standing open and leading into a tree lined drive

↑N

Nabokov, Vladimir
Cover image shows a protrait of Pushkin holding a quill pen byKonchalovsky
Nagibin, Yury
Cover image shows a protrait of Pushkin holding a quill pen byKonchalovsky
Noll, Ingird
Image shows book cover of The Pharmacist by Ingrid Noll with a picutre of poison bottles

↑O

Oyamada, Hiroko
Cover image shows a light blue background with a gold fish in a free floating balloon

↑P

Paustovsky, Konstantin
Cover image shows a protrait of Pushkin holding a quill pen byKonchalovsky
Pirandello, Luigi
Image shows grainy charcoal images of early twentieth century figures.
Piñeiro, Claudia
Cover shows the head and shoulders of a woman with dark hair in close up with head bowed
Cover image for Elena Knows by Claudia Pineiro, image shows a yellow background with silhouette graphic in bright blue of a woman in profile and a red chair superimosed.
Image of book cover for 'All Yours' by Claudia Pineiro
Image of a book cover for the novel 'A Crack in the Wall'
Platonov, Andrey
Cover image shows a protrait of Pushkin holding a quill pen byKonchalovsky
Proust, Marcel
A group of well dressed men in suits and top hats on a terrace
Pushkin, Alexander
Cover image shows a protrait of Pushkin holding a quill pen byKonchalovsky
Pérez-Reverte, Arturo
The Flanders Panel
Cover shows a carving of the Virgin Mary

↑R

Reza, Yasmina
A man stands behind a woman on a balcony with his arms around her. The image is black and white and the dress is 1960's style
Robben, Jaap
You Have Me To Love
Rodenbach, Georges
A stone tower with crows and storm clouds
Rodoreda, Mercè
Image of book cover of The Time of the doves by Merce Rodoreda
Rulfo, Juan
Black and white image of a colonial style church with a blurry image of a cowboy riding a horse in the foreground.

↑S

Sagan, Françoise
A young woman with a freckled face in close up stares out at the reader
Sagasti, Luis
A wonky piano keyboard, the black keys are blue and yellow, two are shaped like bombs.
Saramago, José
A bald and unadorned human head that looks like it's been moulded from clay, with splashes of bright blue, purple and pink.
Image of the book cover 'Blindness' by José Saramago
Schlink, Bernhard
Image of the cover of 'The Reader' by Bernhard Schlink
Sciascia, Leonardo
Cover shows a photograph of Aldo Moro's body in the open boot of the Renault 4 car where he was found.
Cover image for Equal Danger by Leonardo Sciascia, image shows a blurry black and white photo of a man behind the wheel of a car
Book cover for The Council of Egypt by Leonardo Sciascia, shows close up photo of mackerel lying side by side.
Scott, Paulo
Book cover for Phenotypes by Paulo Scott. Image shows blocks of turquoise and light green with the silhouettes of two boys fighting
Seghers, Anna
Pencil/charcoal drawing of a woman's face by Francis Picabia 'Olga' 1930
A man in 1930s dress stands with one arm raised open palmed and the other at his temple in a salute.
A dark sky and sea with an oldfashioned liner named Norvid
Sierra, Javier
The Secret Supper
Silone, Ignazio
Fontamara
Simenon, Georges
Three cigarettes in a cigarette case with cut outs of part of a woman's face, a key and a length of rope.
A woman's hand rests on a blue tinged pillow case on a blue tinged background
A steam train leaves a tunnel beneath a high mountain.
An old wall, covered in graffiti with a window. A naked woman emerges from the wall.
Skármeta, Antonio
The Postman (Il Postino)
Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr
Cover image shows a protrait of Pushkin holding a quill pen byKonchalovsky
Souza, Carl de
Cover image for Kaya Days by Carl de Souza. Image shows a young woman in balletic pose, walking on a river bed
Stanišić, Saša
Cover image shows a large image of a fox made up of a mosaic like design with buildings and more foxes
Book cover image of How the soldier repairs the gramophone, image shows a cartoon-like colourful depiction of a wind up old fashioned gramophone with horn
Starnone, Domenico
Trick
Stassi, Fabio
Book cover for Charlie Chaplin's Last Dance by Fabio Stassi. Image shows Chaplin dancing with cloaked figure of Death who is holding a scythe.
Szabó, Magda
Photograph of a young woman with a shadow across her face.
Image of book cover 'Abigail' by Magda Szabó showing a girl dressed in white climbing a spiral staircase
Szymiczkowa, Maryla
Cover image shows a collage with a lady in early 20th century dress, a grand building with lots of windows and a skull

↑T

Tabucchi, Antonio
The Mystery and Melancholy of a Street by Giorgio de Chirico
Book title has been crossed out and the word "censura" stamped across.
Taska, Ilmar
Book cover for Pobeda 1946 - A car called victory by Ilmar Taska. Image shows a light coloured car in the foreground against the silhouette of some houses and a church tower.
Tokarczuk, Olga
Flights
Tolstoy, Leo
A Woman with a black hooded cloak with a fur collar in profile looking intently out of shot. BBC tie in cover showing actress Morag Hood as Natasha.
Portrait of an unknown woman by Yaroshenko, a woman dressed in black furs with a lace hat is sitting on a chair with a sneering expression.
Tolstoy, Lev
Cover image shows a protrait of Pushkin holding a quill pen byKonchalovsky
Troyanov, Iliya
Cover image for The Collector of Worlds by Iliya Troyanov, image shows an outstretched hand holding a buring flower against a backdrop of a lake at sunset.
Tuomainen, Antti
Cover image of The Rabbit Factor by Antti Tuomainen, cover shows a huge model rabbit with one broken ear. A man stands in front of it with his back turned to us
Turgenev, Ivan
Detail from On The Banks by Repin showing three figures in late nineteenth century dress, a slodier and an older couple, seated in a rural setting with willow trees and a lake.
Cover image shows a protrait of Pushkin holding a quill pen byKonchalovsky
Image of book cover 'Fathers and sons' by Ivan Turgenev
Tyszka, Alberto Barrera
Cover image shows two men at the stern of a boat looking away from us across a grey, calm ocean.

↑W

Wojda, Dennis
Image of book cover '566 Frames' by Denis Wojda
Wolf, Christa
Cover shows a blonde girl in a white top with a book on her lap.

↑Y

Yoshimoto, Banana
NP
Yoshino, Genzaburo
Book Cover for How do you live by Genzaburo Yoshino. Cover shows the itle and a lone figure dressed in a kimono style outfit with his back to us facing what might be the universe.

↑Z

Zafón, Carlos Ruiz
The Labyrinth of the Spirits
The Prisoner of Heaven
The Watcher in the Shadows
The Midnight Palace
The Angel's Game
The Prince of Mist
Zamyatin, Evgeny
Cover image shows a protrait of Pushkin holding a quill pen byKonchalovsky
Zola, Emile
Detail from Miners'Wives Carrying Sacks of Coal (1882) Van Gogh
Painting by Manet 'Nana' shows a woman in high heels, short skirt and sleeveless bodice applying makeup.
Detail from L'Absinthe by Degas, a couple sit at a table in a bar, the woman has a drink in front of her and wears a vacant sad expression
Painting of a woman with dark hair sitting at a writing desk with her back to the viewer

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