A work of fictional non-fiction that captivated even this physics-averse reader
Tag Archives: books in translation
At Night All Blood is Black by David Diop: Review no 151
Disturbing and powerful International Man Booker-shortlisted novel
Wars of the Interior by Joseph Zárate (Peru): Review no 150
A call for action to curb the ill-use of both people and the natural world in Peru.
Review no 146: Untraceable by Sergei Lebedev (Russia)
Topical, Novichok-influenced new Russian political thriller by Sergei Lebedev
Review no 132: Ali and Nino by Kurban Said (Azerbaijan)
Epic war romance set in war-torn Baku
Review no 130: The Wandering by Intan Paramaditha (Indonesia)
a choose your own adventure book from Indonesia
Reading plans for January 2021 and blog plans for 2021
A look ahead at January 2021 … and the year ahead
Review no 124: The Yacoubian Building by Alaa Al Aswany (Egypt)
A wide-ranging, best-selling novel set in Hosni Mubarak’s Egypt that is more socially conservative than it thinks it is
Review no 107: On Time and Water by Andri Snaer Magnason (Iceland)
Uncomfortable read on climate change in Iceland and the likelihood of impending environmental disaster
