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February 23, 2021

A Long Way From Douala by Max Lobe

Translated by Ros Schwartz Reviewed by Annabel I have a personal goal to increase diversity in my reading and am glad to have discovered…

December 10, 2020

Revolutionary Women from Gallic Books

Reviewed by Karen Langley French literature doesn’t lack a wide range of great women writers; the names which spring most readily to mind are…

December 1, 2020

The Lost and the Damned by Olivier Norek

Translated by Nick Caistor Reviewed by Gill Davies This is the first novel by Olivier Norek to be translated into English. It was first…

September 3, 2020

King Kong Theory by Virginie Despentes

Translated by Frank Wynne Reviewed by Annabel I write from the realms of the ugly, for the ugly, the old, the bull dykes, the…

June 23, 2020

I Remember by Georges Perec

Introduced, Translated, Annotated, Edited and Indexed by Philip Terry and David Bellos Reviewed by Karen Langley Regular readers of Shiny New Books may recall…

The Mystery of Henri Pick by David Foenkinos
June 2, 2020

The Mystery of Henri Pick by David Foenkinos

Translated by Sam Taylor Reviewed by Harriet Back in 1977, Marilyn French’s The Women’s Room was published. On the cover was the bold (and…

April 16, 2020

A Long Way Off by Pascal Garnier

Translated by Emily Boyce Reviewed by Annabel For the past eight years, Gallic Books have been translating and publishing the gloriously black-humored noir novellas…

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…

December 3, 2019

The Last Two Maigrets by Georges Simenon

Maigret and the Informer, translated by William HobsonMaigret and Monsieur Charles, translated by Ros Schwarz Review by Basil Ransome-Davies Simenon was a supercharged writing…

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August 22, 2019

The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun by Sébastien Japrisot

Translated by Helen Weaver Review by Annabel I had never heard of Sébastien Japrisot before reading this book, and afterwards, I wasn’t surprised to…

July 4, 2019

Vintage 1954 by Antoine Laurain

Translated by Jane Aitken and Emily Boyce Reviewed by Annabel Since I discovered the feelgood novels by French author Antoine Laurain, brought to us…

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July 2, 2019

Selfies by Sylvie Weil

Translated by Ros Schwartz Review by Karen Langley The selfie might seem to be a very modern phenomenon; the sight of people constantly stretching…

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June 27, 2019

The Cracks in our Armour by Anna Gavalda

Translated by Alison Anderson Reviewed by Harriet Way back in the early days of Shiny (issue 5 to be exact) I reviewed Anna Gavalda’s…

Office of Gardens and Ponds
May 2, 2019

The Office of Gardens and Ponds by Didier Decoin

Translated by Euan Cameron Reviewed by Harriet In this magical novel, we are in Japan, many many years ago. The small, unremarkable village of…

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April 16, 2019

Adèle by Leïla Slimani

Translated by Sam Taylor Review by Annabel Slimani’s first novel to be translated into English, Lullaby, took the English-speaking publishing world by storm. It…

No Place to Lay One's Head by Francoise Frenkel
February 5, 2019

No Place to Lay One’s Head by Francoise Frenkel

Translated by Stephanie Smee Reviewed by Harriet When I was first offered this book for review, I turned it down, for reasons that are…

The Lady and the Little Fox Fur by Violette Leduc
October 25, 2018

The Lady and the Little Fox Fur by Violette Leduc

Translated by Derek Coltman Review by Karen Langley There’s been a buzz recently about Penguin’s (re?) launch of their European Writers series, with the…

August 14, 2018

The Bright Side of Life by Emile Zola

Translated by Andrew Rothwell Reviewed by Harriet Fans of Monty Python may have a bit of trouble with this title – I’ve had their…

July 24, 2018

Vernon Subutex 2 by Virginie Despentes

Translated by Frank Wynne Review by Basil Ransome-Davies Almost two decades ago I saw a French movie called Baise-moi. It contained, besides much simulated…

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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…

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July 12, 2018

Retribution Road by Antonin Varenne

Translated by Sam Taylor Review by Gill Davies Having become rather jaded with the predictability of the crime fiction genre and wearied by the…

Savages: The Wedding
February 20, 2018

Savages: The Wedding by Sabri Louatah

Translated by Gavin Bowd Reviewed by Annabel This debut novel is the first volume of Louatah’s planned Saint-Étienne quartet named after the French city…

Lullaby by Leïla Slimani
January 23, 2018

Lullaby by Leïla Slimani

Translated by Sam Taylor Reviewed by Harriet Moroccan born novelist Leïla Slimani is not the first woman to win France’s most prestigious literary prize,…

Shadows and Sun by Dominique Sylvain
November 16, 2017

Shadows and Sun by Dominique Sylvain

Translated by Neil Caistor Reviewed by Terence Jagger I enjoyed this book, set amongst the French police in Paris and in Abidjan, but that’s…

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November 14, 2017

A Love Story by Émile Zola

Translated by Helen Constantine Reviewed by Harriet Here on Shiny we’ve reviewed several of the new Oxford World Classics editions of the novels of…

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