Book review: There’s No Such Thing as an Easy Job by Kikuko Tsumura, translated by Polly Barton

There’s No Such Thing as an Easy Job is interesting to me on two levels. First, the literal one. Like … More

Book review: Sword by by Bogdan Teodorescu, translated by Marina Sofia

Sword is a political thriller from Romania, one of a number of translated titles from new indie publisher Corylus Books. … More

Writers often lament the fact that they are beset by distractions. Some will go to great lengths to isolate themselves, … More

The Wolf and the Watchman begins in Stockholm in 1793. Sweden is weakened by war and corruption. The king is … More

Adèle is a woman living an apparently privileged life in Paris, working as a journalist, married to a surgeon. But … More

The Song of Hild tells the story of the seventh-century saint and abbess of Whitby. Most of the novel is … More

Here are my favourite literary novels of 2018. Tap the book link to read my full review. This is going … More

Usually when I read fiction in translation it’s a slim literary volume put out by an independent press, so it’s … More

I sometimes feel I am missing something. Other people love a book, people whose opinions I respect and often share, … More

Two people are in a hospital. Amanda is feverish and believes she is near death. David is a boy who … More