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October 22, 2020

The Lying Life of Adults by Elena Ferrante

Translated by Anne Goldstein Reviewed by Anna Hollingsworth Adolescence can be brutal, and in The Lying Life of Adults Elena Ferrante brings it out…

May 19, 2020

Diary Of A Foreigner In Paris, by Curzio Malaparte

Translated by Stephen Twilley Reviewed by Basil Ransome-Davies An adjective frequently applied to Curzio Malaparte is ‘colourful’. To the Cambridge dictionary it means ‘vivid,…

snow dog foot claudio morandini
February 20, 2020

Snow, Dog, Foot by Claudio Morandini

Translated by J. Ockenden Reviewed by Rebecca Foster Who could resist the title of this Italian bestseller? A black comedy about a hermit in…

November 21, 2019

The Measure of a Man by Marco Malvaldi

Review by Terence Jagger I was intrigued to see this novel on my doormat: Malvaldi is better known (to me at least) as a…

Sanctuary Luca d'andrea maclehose
September 5, 2019

Sanctuary by Luca D’Andrea

Translated by Howard Curtis and Katherine Gregor Review by Basil Ransome-Davies Big fleas have little fleas upon their backs to bite ‘em/And little fleas…

A Girl Returned by Donatella Di Pietrantonio Europa
July 30, 2019

A Girl Returned by Donatella Di Pietrantonio

Translated by Ann Goldstein Review by Gill Davies It is 1975, somewhere in the south of Italy. A thirteen year old girl drags a…

cold for the bastards of pizzafalcone
June 4, 2019

Cold For the Bastards of Pizzofalcone by Maurizio de Giovanni

Translated by Antony Shugaar Reviewed by Gill Davies This is the third book in a series of police procedural novels by the successful Italian…

Andrea Camilleri sect of angels
March 19, 2019

The Sect Of Angels by Andrea Camilleri

Translated by Stephen Sartarelli Reviewed by Gill Davies In addition to the Inspector Montalbano novels, best known to English readers from the TV adaptations…

The Apothecary’s Shop Roberto Tiraboschi
December 12, 2017

The Apothecary’s Shop by Roberto Tiraboschi

Translated by Katherine Gregor Reviewed by Terence Jagger In early twelfth century Venice set we our scene, although the cod historical touch is maybe…

Can You Hear Me? by Elena Varvello
August 8, 2017

Can You Hear Me? by Elena Varvello

Translated by Alex Valente Review by Annabel Can you hear me? is no ordinary psychological thriller – to pigeonhole it into that sub-genre would…

A Different Sea – Claudio Magris
December 15, 2016

A Different Sea – Claudio Magris

Translated from the Italian by M. S. Spurr Reviewed by Hayley Anderton This is a book that really needs an introduction, or even an…

August 9, 2016

For All the Gold in the World by Massimo Carlotto

Translated by Antony Shugaar Reviewed by Terence Jagger This is ‘an Alligator mystery’, latest in a series featuring an independent and unlicensed private investigator, Marco…

January 19, 2016

Numero Zero by Umberto Eco

Translated by Richard Dixon Reviewed by Paul Fishman For a short novel, Numero Zero is amazingly leisurely and discursive. It’s like an Arabian Nights for conspiracy theorists, historians…

December 9, 2015

Pushkin Vertigo – titles by Piero Chiara & Leo Perutz

Reviewed by Victoria Pushkin Vertigo, the new crime imprint from Pushkin Press has got off to a flying start with its first batch of…

three card monte malvaldi
December 2, 2014

Three-Card Monte by Marco Malvaldi

Translated by Howard Curtis Reviewed by Terence Jagger I knew nothing of this author, but enjoyed this light, untroubling murder mystery set in the…

October 10, 2014

The Neapolitan Novels by Elena Ferrante

Translated by Ann Goldstein Review by Lizzie Siddal Every recent piece about Elena Ferrante seems to begin with the question, who is she?  I’m…

July 31, 2014

The Day of the Dead by Maurizio de Giovanni

Translated by Antony Shugaar  Reviewed by Falaise On a miserable morning in 1930, a small, undernourished child is found dead at the foot of the…

July 8, 2014

Sworn Virgin by Elvira Dones

Translated by Clarissa Botsford Reviewed by Susan Osborne Reading fiction in translation offers us a glimpse into different worlds, cultures that we can never experience…

April 25, 2014

Tristano: A Novel by Nanni Balestrini

Translated by Mike Harakis Reviewed by Helen Parry The philosophy that a text is created by the reader as well as the writer is…

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