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Tag: Novel

Review: Anam by André Dao

History as speculative fiction.

Australian, Contemporary, Fiction, Historical, Novel, Refugees, Vietnam, War

Review: All Fours by Miranda July

In this fervid novel, a 45-year-old married woman sets out from Los Angeles for a holiday in New York after … More

Contemporary, Female writers, Fiction, LGBTIQ, Novel, US

Review: Wall by Jen Craig

The dangers of telling someone about the art you are working on.

Art, Australian, Contemporary, Fiction, Novel

Review: Plains Of Promise by Alexis Wright

Visions horrifying and beautiful.

Aboriginal writers, Australian, Classics, Fiction, Historical, Novel

Review: Go Tell It On The Mountain by James Baldwin

Sin and salvation in 1930s Harlem.

African-American writers, Black writers, Classics, Fiction, New York, Novel, US

Review: Only Sound Remains by Hossein Asgari

Intrigue in pre-Revolution Iran.

Adelaide, Australian, Contemporary, Fiction, Historical, Iran, Islam, Novel, Poetry

Review: Hospital by Sanya Rushdi (translated by Arunava Sinha)

‘Can people hear me think? Let them.’

Australian, Contemporary, Mental illness, Novel, Stella Prize

Review: The House Of The Spirits by Isabel Allende (translated by Magda Bogin)

A haunted house of a country.

Chile, Classics, Fiction, Magic realism, Novel, South America, Translation

Review: Beloved by Toni Morrison

The power of words.

Black writers, Fiction, Historical, Nobel Laureate, Novel, Slavery, US

Review: Feast by Emily O’Grady

Grotesque and decadent.

Australian, Contemporary, Fiction, Novel, Scotland, Stella Prize

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