French filth from 1954
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Bonjour Tristesse by Francoise Sagan (France, #1954club)
A classic of French literature from 1954
The Mermaid of Black Conch by Monique Roffey (Trinidad and Tobago)
The Mermaid of Black Conch, written by Trinidadian-born author Monique Roffey, was the winner of the Costa Book of Year prize in 2020. It is a book that we recently picked for my book club to read, although we have met very infrequently over the past two years, mainly due to the pandemic. It’s a …
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Review of Free: Coming of Age at the End of History by Lea Ypi (Albania)
Much-lauded memoir of growing up in a secretive and rapidly changing Albania in the 1980 and 1990s
Sweet Home by Wendy Erskine (Reading Ireland month)
An excellent Belfast-set collection of short stories
Dancing in the Mosque: An Afghan Mother’s Letter to her Son by Homeira Qaderi (Afghanistan)
A gripping memoir on growing up as a teenage girl under Taliban rule
Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector (1920-77, Brazil)
Brazilian writer Clarice Lispector’s final novel
Territory of Light by Yuko Tsushima (Japan)
A single mother carves out a new life with her toddler in 1970s Tokyo
The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa (Japan)
An International Booker Prize-shortlisted dystopian novel
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata (Japan)
a quick and deceptively unchallenging read that reminded me of a Japanese Eleanor Oliphant
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