August is Women In Translation Month, Some intriguing books on my radar by Guadelupe Nettel, Han Kang, Claudia Piñeiro and more Continue reading Women In Translation Month- 6 books to add to your list
I picked this up a few years back, I always trust these little Penguin Moderns to introduce me to authors I haven’t read yet. The Watery Realm is the first short story and is so lucid for its length. The protagonist’s is drifting between her mother’s thoughts and feelings and her own, triggered by her son’s fascination with a water tank toy. Water is a … Continue reading Of Dogs And Walls by Yūko Tsushima- quick thoughts
Men Don’t Cry by Faïza Guène wittily charts Mourad Chennoun’s coming of age. He’s a young twenty-something navigating the complexities of being born to traditional Algerian immigrants in modern France. They live in Nice, where his father dedicates time to fixing “junk” in the backyard while his mum dramatically laments the loss of traditions since moving away from her home village. Continue reading Men Don’t Cry by Faïza Guène Translated by Sarah Ardizzone – Book Review
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