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Disoriental-by-Negar-Djavadi
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…

A Separation by Katie Kitamura
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….

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