A short, elemental novel pulsing with the rhythms of time.
Tag: Contemporary
Review: Hold Your Fire by Chloe Wilson
I screamed, I cackled, I winced my way through these delicious short stories.
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Review: Vā (edited by Sisilia Eteuati and Lani Young
A rich series of stories and poems from the Pacific Ocean.
Review: Tomb Of Sand by Geetanjali Shree (translated by Daisy Rockwell)
An epic novel that pushes at the boundedness of things.
Review: Losing Face by George Haddad
A comin-of-age that troubles long after the final sentence.
Review: Australiana by Yumna Kassab
An all-too-human portrayal of the people who live on the land.
Review: Sex And Vanity by Kevin Kwan
A fizzy adaptation of E. M. Forster’s A Room With A View.
Review: An Exciting And Vivid Inner Life by Paul Dalla Rossa
Stories that illuminate the condition of the modern world.
Review: Companion Piece by Ali Smith
A fittingly grim and anxious search for meaning in our anxious and grim times.
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