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Review: The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (translated by David McDuff)

A deep dive into the glorious decline of Russian society.

19th Century, Classics, Dostoevsky, Dostoyevsky, Russia

Review: Good Indian Daughter by Ruhi Lee

Lee’s memoir is a complicated depiction of parents and parenting.

India, Melbourne, Memoir, Nonfiction, Parenting

Review: In The Woods by Tana French

A twisty, effective crime novel.

Crime, Fiction, Irish, Novel

Review: At Night All Blood Is Black by David Diop (translated by Anna Moschovakis)

A potent depiction of war.

Contemporary, Fiction, France, Senegal, War, World War I

Review: The Labyrinth by Amanda Lohrey

A grim, aching study of women’s guilt and men’s rage.

Australian, Contemporary, Fiction

Review: China Room by Sunjeev Sahota

A slight but full novel set in 1920s and 1990s Punjab.

1920s, British, Contemporary, Fiction, India, Novel, Racism, UK

Review: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

There’s something haunted and occult about this otherwise godly classic.

Charlotte Brontë, Classics, England, Jane Eyre, UK

Review: My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante

A potent depiction of friendship.

Contemporary, Fiction, Italy, Novel

Review: Winepress by Gabriela Mistral (translated by Ursula K. Le Guin)

Poetry that is elemental, grief-stricken, unearthly.

Chile, Gabriela Mistral, Nobel Laureate, Poetry

Review: The Other Half Of You by Michael Mohammad Ahmad

A bracing read about modern masculinity.

Arabic writing, Australian, Contemporary, Fiction, Novel

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