Diego Marani was born in Ferrara. He is a prominent and prolific Italian novelist, as well as a senior official at the European Union in Brussels – his ‘day job’ is as the Officer in charge of Cultural Diplomacy at the EU. His novels include the trilogy New Finnish Grammar, The Last of the
Cristina Sánchez-Andrade is a powerful voice in contemporary Spanish literature, author of 8 novels. She made a splash in English and round the world with her latest novel The Winterlings, praised by fellow Galician, Manual Rivas, as radically new… original and unusual, gaining outstanding criti
I go back up the stairs unhurriedly, with the cordless phone still in my hand, convinced that it will stop ringing before I get to the terrace and I won’t have to answer. And it does stop. But after a short pause it starts ringing again, and up there, in the open air, in the […]
‘Pss, Meike,’ Peirene pulls me into a corner of the office. ‘I need to talk to you, urgently!’ she whispers. ‘Meet me in the loo in five minutes.’ She’s about to head back to her desk. Instinctively, I catch her by the sleeve. ‘What’s the matter,’ I ask in a normal tone. The Nymp
Chained to the radiator The French-Canadian comic book author Guy Delisle landed a bestseller with his illustrations from international hot spots like Pyongyang, Birma or Jerusalem. In his latest book, Hostage he narrates a hostage’s true story. In France, Geisel was the top-selling comic book
The walls along the hallway up to the Peirene office are plastered with handwritten posters. ‘Men are beautiful.’ ‘Men are smart and intelligent.’ ‘Men constitute half of the human race. Treat them with respect.’ ‘Men aren’t workhorses.’ ‘Men have rights.’ ‘Men need weekends.
