This is the final instalment of Zygmunt Miłoszewski’s Szacki trilogy, each of them set in a different Polish city and each dealing with a separate social issue (the others being
Brandes’ Decision is a journey through the memories of Brandes, a German artist who is terminally ill and, with the little time he has left, reflects upon the legacy he leaves be
The Brother may be the briefest of novellas, but it is a philosophical gem. The first novel by the Estonian author Rein Raud to be translated into English, within its short length
Fragile Travelers is the first book by Serbian writer Jovanka Živanović to appear in English translation. It begins with a disappearance, as architect Petar Naumov vanishes from
The melancholic temperament, and particularly its links with creativity, has exercised many brilliant minds over the years. Aristotle gave us the earliest explicit textual link in
Borgiamania All tours lead to Rome. In 2015, over 13 million people visited the Eternal City. 7 million visited Vaticanland, where every Wednesday the Pope drives out in his Pope-m
The Polish writer Hubert Klimko-Dobrzaniecki spent several years in Iceland before moving to his current home of Austria. His Lullaby for a Hanged Man is partly his own story and p
The Whispering Muse, The Blue Fox, From the Mouth Of The Whale and now his fourth novel in English, Moonstone: there is something mysterious, ancient and fairytale-like in all Sjó
Eight Great #RivetingReviews for you this month – the perfect antidote to those sand-covered Summer Beach Reads. With titles like Melancholy or Rage or Lullaby For A Hanged Man
