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The Promise by Damon Galgut (South Africa)
Damon Galgut’s Booker-winning ‘The Promise’ was without a doubt one of my books of the year.
Elif Shafak’s novel ’10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World’ (Turkey)
NORTH AFRICA, MIDDLE EAST AND CENTRAL ASIA This is a bit of a throwback post, as some of it was first posted by me in 2019, and was in fact my fifth ever review on the blog. I’m re-posting with some additional discussion of publication prospects in the West for Turkish authors, as part of …
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Booker Prize 2021: Longlist Predictions
My predictions for the 2021 Booker longlist. How many will I get right? Any?!
June 2021 round up
It’s been a challenging month, with my daughter still recovering at home from extensive orthopaedic surgery, and reluctantly doing some home schooling from the sofa. We’ve been sharing a sofa bed downstairs for two months while she needs care in the night, and at 14 she could really do without her mum sharing a bedroom …
Olga Ravn: The Employees – A workplace novel of the 22nd century
A new take on sci-fi, shortlisted for the International Booker Prize
Review no 100: Paradise by Abdulrazak Gurnah (Tanzania)
Beautifully written and deeply symbolic coming of age tale set in East Africa in the early 20th century
Review no 23: Margaret Atwood, The Testaments (Canada)
It had to be done – ticking off my Canadian female writer with my take on Margaret Atwood’s blockbusting ‘The Testaments’
Review no 14: Salman Rushdie, Quichotte (India)
FAR EAST, SOUTH ASIA AND AUSTRALASIA “It may be argued that stories should not sprawl in this way, that they should be grounded in one place or the other, put down roots in the other or the one and flower in the singular soil; yet so many of today’s stories are and must be of …
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Review no 10: Oyinkan Braithwaite – My Sister, The Serial Killer (Nigeria)
AFRICA As I’m trying to work my way through books, film and art from across the world, it makes sense to ensure that I’m not spending too much time in one region. I need an even spread of countries from all five of the regions that I’ve divided the world -roughly evenly – into. So …
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Imogen is Reading and Watching the World: On Books, Film, Art & More 