A contained and seething study of madness and familial obligation.
Tag: UK
Review: Permafrost by SJ Norman
A collection of haunted stories that unsettle like the melting permafrost of the title.
Review: Things I Don’t Want To Know by Deborah Levy
Deborah Levy concisely summarises what makes her own writing so compelling.
Review: China Room by Sunjeev Sahota
A slight but full novel set in 1920s and 1990s Punjab.
Review: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
There’s something haunted and occult about this otherwise godly classic.
Review: The Sunken Land Begins To Rise Again by M. John Harrison
A dense and watery novel about the madness of searching for meaning in our mad times.
Review: An Episode Of Sparrows by Rumer Godden
A novel about gardening that is also what it takes to rebuild.
Review: Mythago Wood by Robert Holdstock
An intriguing fantasy drawing on forest myths that is burdened by an unfortunate attitude to women.
Review: Crow by Ted Hughes
A fascinating and ugly collection of poetry.
Review: Summer by Ali Smith
Ali Smith’s Seasonal quartet is over. What a journey, and what a time for it to end.
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