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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

Short Icelandic novel guaranteed to spark anxiety in anyone involved in academic research

Light-hearted, rather dated look at the character and customs of Serbia

A short satirical book by this writer from the Côte d’Ivoire, longlisted for the International Booker Prize in 2023

A searing thriller dealing with guilt, privilege and immigrants in the Negev desert

Reflections on life, love and alcohol by Marguerite Duras

A newly reissued Austrian novella

Haunting story of a man’s efforts to uncover his past after discovering that he was sent to the UK on the Kindertransport as a five-year-old child

Speculative fiction from Finland, with strange finds on a 19th century anthropological mission

A Bosnian novel of sickness and recovery informed by personal experience