We Need No Wings was a beautiful story, artistically narrated and sensitively told, it was a pleasure to read on my holidays this year. Find my full review below! Summary To be free, we must learn to fly. Teresa Sánchez …
I’ve taken a bit of a hiatus from sharing a post about Women in Translation month (see my WIT lists from 2020 and 2021), but I haven’t stopped reading books written and translated by women. Just in case you need …
Summary Passionate musician Zarifa Adiba grew up on the worn-torn streets of Kabul, Afghanistan at a time when the Taliban’s influence was still very present in society. Zarifa has big dreams; she wants to play music and get an education. …
‘Every woman must be nourished by an inner reservoir of secrets…’ but when Melike starts to unravel hers, the consequences are devastating.
This book surprised me so much! I didn’t like one of the author’s other books but Masters of Death is one of my favourite books this year! The Summary Viola Marek is a struggling real estate agent, and a vampire. …
Synopsis Motherland is not a political book, but rather a poignant and sentimental search for one’s roots and for the answers to the often-asked questions: What defines us? Who are you in a new country? What truly matters? By the …
Unable to accept being dumped by her colleague, Takako quits her job and moves into the used bookstore owned by her uncle, Satoru, in Jinbocho. Despite her initial lack of interest in novels, Takako is slowly drawn into the world …
Summary Kafka in Tangier is a reinterpretation of Kafka’s Metamorphosis, exploring themes of transformation, alienation, and power. At once the story of a family and a chilling portrait of a city, the novella follows Jawad Al-Idrisi, an overworked teacher with …
Summary A twisted, wildly imaginative tale of one man’s mysterious illness and his journey through a dystopian hospital system. When Yang Wei travels to C City for work, he expects nothing more than a standard business trip. A break from …
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Review – An Impossible Return: A Novel by Caroline Laurent, translated by Jeffrey Zuckerman
Summary Winner of the Prix Maison de la Presse An epic love story set against a backdrop of injustice, devastating secrets, and the painful price of independence. It’s 1967 in the Chagos archipelago—a group of atolls in the Indian Ocean—and …