Amusing, playful and inventive short stories.
Tag: Fiction
Review: A Passage To India by E. M. Forster
A clear-sighted and damning depiction of India under the British Raj.
Review: The Lovers by Yumna Kassab
Is love a neutral force, or inherently exploitative?
Review: The Stone Sky by N. K. Jemisin
The rich, complicated conclusion to N. K. Jemisin’s Broken Earth Trilogy.
Review: The Seven Moons Of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka
Photojournalist and gambler Maali Almeida is dead. He wakes with no memory in a white waiting room where Helpers try … More
Review: Waypoints by Adam Ouston
A soaring novel that conjures awe and wonder.
Review: Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
A compelling depiction of yearning.
Review: Macunaíma by Mário de Andrade (translated by Katrina Dodson)
A shape-shifting romp through Brazil.
Review: Hydra by Adriane Howell
A many-headed mystery of a novel.
Review: Praiseworthy by Alexis Wright
A vast, “open-wound theatre” that peers deep into a continent’s soul.
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