Have you ever contemplated quitting your day job to pursue your dream career? Do you fancy handing in your notice and becoming a film director, playwright or dancer? Well, the narr
Quake is to be applauded for its ambitious approach to exploring our understanding of ourselves as if we were starting with a blank canvas. It’s a novel about how we view life an
Antoine Laurain is, amongst much else, a master of the ‘time-shift’ novel (The Readers’ Room, Vintage 1954). However, Red Is My Heart is different: time is of the essence her
Prosopagnosia is a coming-of-age novel by Sònia Hernández, who was named one of Granta’s Best Young Spanish Language Novelists in 2010. Samuel Rutter’s beautiful translation
How does a principled young police detective go about conducting a murder inquiry in early 1930s Leningrad, when his CID boss is a recruit from the notorious OGPU secret police (pr
‘to reject the idea that a woman’s exterior is more important than what goes on inside her and that this outward appearance should be viewed through the lens of a femininity de
In a stormy month for all in the United Kingdom, this collection of reviews takes us on another whirlwind. This time a more pleasant one – through a selection of books from the C
