Book Reviews

Image of book cover 'Abigail' by Magda Szabó showing a girl dressed in white climbing a spiral staircase

Abigail

The Adventures of China Iron

The Adventures of China Iron

Book cover for After the Sun by Jonas Eike, cover shows a black background with a swirling hologram in iridescent colours

After The Sun

Image of book cover for 'All Yours' by Claudia Pineiro

All Yours

The Angel's Game

The Angel's Game

Image of the book cover 'Blindness' by José Saramago

Blindness

The Breaking of a Wave

The Breaking of a Wave

Image of book cover 'The Brewer of Preston' by Andrea Camilleri

The Brewer of Preston

image of book cover 'Bruge la Morte' by George Rodenbach

Bruges-la-Morte

Book cover for Burning Cities by Kai Aareleid. Image shows a two card tower, the card facing outwards is the five of spades.

Burning Cities

cover image for The Cat who came in off the Roof by Annie Schmidt, image shows two cats on a roof in front of a full moon. Nearby a man sits typing in an attic room.

The Cat who came in off the Roof

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.

Charlie Chaplin’s Last Dance

Image of book cover 'City of the Beasts' by Isabel Allende

City of the Beasts

The Clown

The Clown

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.

The Collector of Worlds

Cover image for Complete Stories by Clarice Lispector. Image shows detail from a portrait of Lispector by Giorgio de Chirico

Complete Stories

Image of a book cover for the novel 'A Crack in the Wall'

A Crack in the Wall

Daughter of Fortune

Daughter of Fortune

Image of book cover 'Death and the Penguin' by Andrey Kurkov, showing a man in a bathtub holding a gun, a large penguin stands behind him

Death and the Penguin

Book cover for Disoriental by Négar Djavadi shows a colourful phoenix on a purple background

Disoriental

Image of the cover of The Door by Magda Szabó

The Door

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead

The Eight Mountains

The Eight Mountains

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.

Elena Knows

Image of book cover 'Fathers and sons' by Ivan Turgenev

Fathers and Sons

Book cover for FEM by Magda Carneci, cover image shows a segmented sphere in deep pastel colours containing the book's title

FEM

Image of book cover 'The Fencing Master' by Arturo Pérez-Reverte

The Fencing Master

Ferocity

Ferocity

Flights

Flights

Image of book cover '566 Frames' by Denis Wojda

566 Frames

Game for Five

Game for Five

Image of book cover 'The Garden of the Finzi-Continis' by Giorgio Bassani

The Garden of the Finzi-Continis

Book cover for The German Room by Carla Maliandi. Cover image is abstract with black, white and red shapes squares on a mustard background

The German Room

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.

Home Reading Service

The House of the Spirits

The House of the Spirits

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.

How Do You Live

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

How The Soldier Repairs The Gramophone

Image of book cover 'Hunger House' by C/M Edenborg showing young girl approaching abandoned house from a forest

Hunger House

Image of book cover 'Hunting Season' by Andrea Camilleri

Hunting Season

If on a winter's night a traveller

If on a winter's night a traveller

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.

In Case of Emergency

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

Involuntary Witness

Cover image for Kaya Days by Carl de Souza. Image shows a young woman in balletic pose, walking on a river bed

Kaya Days

The Labyrinth of the Spirits

The Labyrinth of the Spirits

Like Family

Like Family

Image of book cover of 'The Man who Died' by Antti Tuomainen.

The Man Who Died

Marina

Marina

The Measure of a Man

The Measure of a Man

The Midnight Palace

The Midnight Palace

Book cover for Mirror Shoulder Signal by Dorthe Nors, Image shows a car door and a coat trapped in it with a hazy image of a woman in profile drivng the car

Mirror, Shoulder, Signal

My Brilliant Friend

My Brilliant Friend

Image of book cover 'The Nakano Thrift Shop' a novel by Hiromi Kawakami

The Nakano Thrift Shop

Book cover image 'Natural History' by Juan Perucho

Natural History

Book cover for Near to the Wild Heart by Clarice Lispector. Cover image is a detail from Ariadne by Giorgio de Chirico

Near To The Wild Heart

Image of book cover 'Netochka Nezvanova' by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Netochka Nezvanova

NP

NP

Older Brother

Older Brother

Our Riches

Our Riches

Image of book cover 'Pereira Declares' by Antonio Tabucchi

Pereira Declares

A Perfect Cemetery

A Perfect Cemetery

Book cover for Phenotypes by Paulo Scott. Image shows blocks of turquoise and light green with the silhouettes of two boys fighting

Phenotypes

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.

Pobeda 1946: A Car Called Victory

The Postman (Il Postino)

The Postman (Il Postino)

The Prince of Mist

The Prince of Mist

The Prisoner of Heaven

The Prisoner of Heaven

Image of the cover of 'The Reader' by Bernhard Schlink

The Reader

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.

Reasonable Doubts

The Secret Supper

The Secret Supper

The Shadow of the Wind

The Shadow of the Wind

Cover image for The Spoke by Friedrich Glauser shows the shadow of a bicycle on a pavement.

The Spoke

Cover image for The Square of Revenge by Pieter Aspe, the cover shows a photograph of a Belgian street tinged with orange

The Square of Revenge

Image of book cover 'The Story of a New Name' by Elena Ferrante

The Story of a New Name

Image of cover for 'Strange Weather in Tokyo' by Hiromi Kawakami

Strange Weather in Tokyo

Book cover for Temple Alley Summer shwoing a school girl running down an old fashioned Japnese street with a mysterious building appearing out of the mist in the distance

Temple Alley Summer

Image of book cover 'The Ten loves of Mr Nishino' by Hiromi Kawakami

The Ten Loves of Mr Nishino

Cover image of Thumbprint by Friedrich Glauser, image shows a pine forest

Thumbprint

Image of book cover of The Time of the doves by Merce Rodoreda

The Time of the Doves

To The Warm Horizon

To The Warm Horizon

The Traitor's Emblem

The Traitor's Emblem

Trick

Trick

image showing book cover of Unwitting Street by Krzhizhanovsky

Unwitting Street

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

A Walk in the Dark

The Watcher in the Shadows

The Watcher in the Shadows

Image of the cover of the novel 'Why we took the car' by Wolfgang Herrndorf

Why We Took The Car

You Have Me To Love

You Have Me To Love

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Book cover for After the Sun by Jonas Eike, cover shows a black background with a swirling hologram in iridescent colours

After The Sun

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Winner of the 2019 Nordic Council Literature Prize, the Michael Strunge Prize, the Montana Prize for

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.

Elena Knows

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Longlisted for the International Booker Prize 2022, Claudia Piñeiro’s 2007 novel was translate

The Adventures of China Iron

The Adventures of China Iron

Author:

Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize, “China Iron” showcases a remarkably fresh vision of