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May 17, 2022

Lean Fall Stand by Jon McGregor

Review by David Hebblethwaite If Jon McGregor’s name is on the front of a book, I want to read it – it’s as simple…

May 10, 2022

Homelands: The History of a Friendship by Chitra Ramaswamy

Review by David Hebblethwaite  In 2011, journalist Chitra Ramaswamy was sent to interview Henry and Ingrid Wuga, a Jewish couple who had fled Nazi…

November 18, 2021

Elena Knows by Claudia Piñeiro

Translated by Frances Riddle Reviewed by David Hebblethwaite  Claudia Piñeiro is an author from Argentina who, so far, has mostly been published in English…

December 3, 2020

That Old Country Music by Kevin Barry

Reviewed by David Hebblethwaite Kevin Barry is known for his short stories, and with good reason. It has been eight years since his last…

March 12, 2020

Winter in Sokcho by Elisa Shua Dusapin

Translated by Aneesa Abbas Higgins Review by David Hebblethwaite Winter in Sokcho is a first in several senses: the debut novel by French-Korean writer…

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November 21, 2019

Lake Like a Mirror by Ho Sok Fong

Translated by Natascha Bruce Review by David Hebblethwaite Ho Sok Fong is a Malaysian writer whose short stories have won a number of awards. Lake…

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September 7, 2017

Elmet by Fiona Mozley

Reviewed by David Hebblethwaite When the 2017 Man Booker Prize longlist was announced last month, it included a number of familiar names (including Jon…

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June 20, 2017

Reservoir 13 by Jon McGregor

Review by David Hebblethwaite Jon McGregor is a writer whose work deserves the fullest attention, which it will repay with some extraordinary reading experiences….

May 25, 2017

Addlands by Tom Bullough

Paperback review by David Hebblethwaite Tom Bullough grew up on a farm in Radnorshire on the Welsh borders. As an administrative county, Radnorshire is…

December 12, 2016

Human Acts by Han Kang

Translated by Deborah Smith Paperback review by David Hebblethwaite When you shake off the hundred-plus books of a year’s reading and find that the…

October 4, 2016

Beast by Paul Kingsnorth

Reviewed by David Hebblethwaite Paul Kingsnorth made waves with his first novel, The Wake (2014), which was set around the Norman Conquest and written in a…

August 4, 2016

The Queue by Basma Abdel Aziz

Translated from Arabic by Elisabeth Jaquette Reviewed by David Hebblethwaite Basma Abdel Aziz is a writer, artist and psychiatrist from Egypt, noted as a…

June 20, 2016

Sudden Death by Álvaro Enrigue

Translated by Natasha Wimmer Reviewed by David Hebblethwaite There’s some remarkable literature from Mexico being published in English translation at the moment. Writers such as…

October 8, 2015

The Miner by Natsume Soseki

In a new translation by Jay Rubin Reviewed by David Hebblethwaite Shiny new publisher: Aardvark Bureau, the new Gallic Books imprint headed up by…

July 23, 2015

The IFFP Ceremony: A Report from the Shadow Jury

Text by David Hebblethwaite The Florence Hall at the London headquarters of RIBA (the Royal Institute of British Architects) is a suitably grand space…

July 17, 2015

Jellyfish by Janice Galloway

Reviewed by David Hebblethwaite Janice Galloway’s new short story collection takes as its starting point an observation by David Lodge: “Literature is mostly about…

April 2, 2015

The Shore by Sara Taylor

Reviewed by David Hebblethwaite In Sara Taylor’s debut novel, ‘the Shore’ is the name given to a group of three islands off the coast…

January 27, 2015

Bilbao–NewYork–Bilbao by Kirmen Uribe

Translated from the Basque by Elizabeth Macklin Reviewed by David Hebblethwaite Bilbao – New York – Bilbao is Kirmen Uribe’s first novel; it won the…

January 15, 2015

The Vegetarian by Han Kang

Translated by Deborah Smith Reviewed by David Hebblethwaite The first of Korean writer Han Kang’s books to be widely available (in Deborah Smith’s superb…

October 16, 2014

Hotel Alpha by Mark Watson

Reviewed by David Hebblethwaite A hotel is a confluence of stories: a mixture of public and private space; a places where chance encounters are…

October 9, 2014

A Moment for the Short Story

By David Hebblethwaite Short stories are in our bones. They are often the first fiction we read or hear: fairy tales, bedtime stories –…

July 23, 2014

Decompression by Juli Zeh

Translated by John Cullen Reviewed by David Hebblethwaite In diving, decompression is the gradual reduction of ambient pressure as a diver returns to the…

July 10, 2014

All the Birds, Singing by Evie Wyld

Reviewed by David Hebblethwaite She may only be on her second novel, but Evie Wyld is already gathering considerable acclaim. Her debut, 2009’s After…

April 16, 2014

The Rental Heart and Other Fairytales by Kirsty Logan

Reviewed by David Hebblethwaite Open Kirsty Logan’s debut collection, and you’ll be met first with the title story, which broadly sets the tone for…

April 14, 2014

Jawbone Lake by Ray Robinson

Reviewed by David Hebblethwaite The North Yorkshire writer Ray Robinson is not one to stand still. His first novel, 2006’s Electricity (which has been adapted into a…

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