An ambitious novel about war and memory.
Tag: Novel
Review: Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart
A tale of despair, illness and poverty that captures the swooping highs and devastating lows of life.
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Review: The Adventures Of China Iron by Gabriela Cabezón Cámara (translated by Fiona Mackintosh and Iona Macintyre)
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Review: The Discomfort of Evening by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld (translated by Michele Hutchison)
This is a novel that does what it says: a truly discomforting tale of death and grief set in a grim twilight world.
Review: A Treacherous Country by K. M. Kruimink
A strange and misty novel set in colonial Van Diemen’s Land.
Review: Real Life by Brandon Taylor
An aching novel of a young man trying to find a place in the world.
Review: Lud-in-the-Mist by Hope Mirrlees
A dreamy, mirage-like novel where things change shape before your eyes.
Review: Poly by Paul Dalgarno
Poly is a riot of a novel, an all out brawl.
Review: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
There are a lot of feelings in Mary Shelley’s cautionary tale of science run amuck, but her depiction of nature in all its untrammelled grandeur is still something to behold.
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