July 17, 2018 Disoriental by Négar Djavadi Translated by Tina A Kover Review by Marina Sofia With a blurb promising a story of growing up in exile and even the title…
March 13, 2018 The Extremist by Nadia Dalbuono Review by Marina Sofia You might be forgiven for expecting this book set in Italy to be translated from Italian, given the Italian sounding…
May 30, 2017 Siracusa by Delia Ephron Review by Marina Sofia Let me start by saying: don’t believe the hype. This book is being marketed as psychological suspense, impossible to put…
April 13, 2017 A Separation by Katie Kitamura Reviewed by Marina Sofia It is easier to tell you what A Separation is not, rather than what it is. It is not a…
April 26, 2016 The Noise of Time by Julian Barnes Reviewed by Marina Sofia Julian Barnes is an avowed Francophile, as we have learnt from previous works such as Flaubert’s Parrot, Cross Channel and his book of…
January 21, 2016 The Invisible Guardian by Dolores Redondo Translated by Isabelle Kaufeler Reviewed by Marina Sofia The Baztan valley in the Pyrenees in the north-east of Spain is misty, rainy and remote….
