It is clear from July’s Riveting Reviews that our contributors have been responding to the UK’s first extreme heat warning…

July 2021
Who can write about sex like Émile Zola these days, as in his carnal and edgy Thérèse Raquin of 1867,…
This incredibly witty and carefully crafted short-story collection is divided into two parts. The first, ‘Blood, Guts and Love’ begins…
Thora Hjörleifsdóttir is an Icelandic poet and novelist, and has previously published three collections with her poetry collective, Imposter Poets.…
Three Summers by Margarita Liberaki is a modern classic in Greece, and since it first appeared there in 1946, it…
Flatland’s exquisitely crafted exposé of family life is acutely perceptive, and while her analysis is forensic it is also empathetic,…
Ginzburg’s simplicity often sets her readers a puzzle. Her books are written with such clarity, such apparent directness, it’s sometimes…