Taught and supple as leather, menacing and poignant.
Tag: Contemporary
Review: The Island Of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak
A sweeping, grandiose tale of love and war.
Review: When I Sing, Mountains Dance by Irene Solà (translated by Mara Feye Lethem)
A short, elemental novel pulsing with the rhythms of time.
Review: Hold Your Fire by Chloe Wilson
I screamed, I cackled, I winced my way through these delicious short stories.
Best books I’ve read 2022
My favourite reads of the year.
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.
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