If you are looking for a coherent plot, this book is not for you. Mathias Enard’s Zone consists of one 500-word sentence containing the thoughts of Francis Mirković, who was formerly a teenage soldier in the Croatian army and is currently a spy for the French government. He is taking a train from
‘When they see a human being, they stand up on their hind legs and start rocking from side to side. As if they were begging … for bread … a sip of beer, a caress, or to be free of pain. Pain that nobody has been inflicting on them for years.’ This is the sad […]
As The Baltics Riveter invites us to browse through the region’s recent writing, join the Poetry School online course to read even more poetry from Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. In ‘Transreading the Baltics’ you’ll respond in your own poems to your readings. Your text inspired by The Baltic
9 May 2018, 7pm, Caravanserail, 5 Cheshire Street, London E2 6ED, Entry £8 (incl. a glass of wine) Booking here. This month our ‘The Art of Translation’ discussion will take place on Europe Day and we have decided to celebrate European literature in the UK! Daniel Hahn, translator and
Following the enthusiastic reception in Britain of Mircea Eliade’s first novel, “Diary of a Short-Sighted Adolescent”, Istros Books continue their incursion into the renowned philosopher and author’s creative universe with an equally enthralling autobiographical novel. “Gaudeamus” is in
If you thought that April was a busy month for international literature in the UK then you’d better brace yourself for May. After a brilliant London Book Fair and Baltics Market Focus in April (we miss you Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania!), as well as the launch of our Baltics Riveter magazine (also
