Cathy at 746book is running her 20 books of summer reading challenge again this year and here’s my list
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Book review: Pyre by Perumal Murugan (India)
Something of a Gothic folk horror from India, translated from Tamil and nominated for the International Booker in 2023
Book review: History. A Mess. by Sigrun Palsdottir (Iceland)
Short Icelandic novel guaranteed to spark anxiety in anyone involved in academic research
Book review: A Guide to the Serbian Mentality by Momo Kapor (Serbia)
Light-hearted, rather dated look at the character and customs of Serbia
Book review: Standing Heavy by Gauz (Côte d’Ivoire)
A short satirical book by this writer from the Côte d’Ivoire, longlisted for the International Booker Prize in 2023
Book review: Fierce Appetites by Elizabeth Boyle (Ireland)
Fierce Appetites: Lessons from my year of untamed thinking is a collection of personal essays by Irish medieval historian Elizabeth Boyle. Sub-(sub-)titled Loving, Losing and Living to Excess in My Present and in the Writings of the Past, the book was published in 2022 by Penguin, and (appropriately enough) I’ve read it during Cathy‘s Reading …
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Book review: The Naked Don’t Fear the Water by Matthieu Aikins (Canada)
Mathieu Wilkins’ account of accompanying a refugee on a perilous journey from Afghanistan to Western Europe
Book review: Waking Lions by Ayelet Gundar-Goshen (Israel)
A searing thriller dealing with guilt, privilege and immigrants in the Negev desert
Classics Club #33 (My 2nd Spin)
Joining in with this again, for just the second time, as I’m working my way through a pile of ad hoc classics as well as the 1001 books list. Last spin gave me the momentum to read and enjoy Sebald’s modern classic Austerlitz, so I’m looking forward to finding out what comes up this time. …
Book review: Islands of Abandonment by Cal Flyn (Scotland)
An unexpectedly optimistic exploration of abandoned places worldwide
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