Spring is springing here in the UK, and we are showcasing a fantastic crop of European literary talent in our March reviews to match the natural abundance of the season. Riveter-in
Since 1996 Imma Monsó (Lleida, 1959) has written nine novels, three books of short stories and an account of the sudden death of her husband, published in English as A Man of His
A thoroughgoing appraisal of Ludovic Bruckstein’s work is long overdue. Almost forty years after the little-known Romanian author’s death this may be the moment it should be un
Inès Cagnati (1937-2007) was born in France to Italian immigrants and wrote about the lives of rural communities like hers. Crazy Genie (originally published in French in 1976) is
Zala gives birth in hospital. All goes well, the baby boy is healthy, but there are papers to fill out, and the staff become evasive yet reassuring: “don’t worry we’ll sort i
Flood Tide has all the trappings of a conventional crime novel: writer Dunja returns to her hometown – a rather tired seaside resort on the Adriatic – to investigate the unexpl
It is easy for authors interested in philosophy and linguistics to allow their fiction to slip into a slough of linguistic puzzles and philosophical ponderings (not always, but oft
Juli’s glazed green gaze rested on me with unwavering mildness. ‘Oh Soya,’ she said, ‘love is like measles. You only get it once and the later it happens, the worse it is.
Perfection is about a couple, Anna and Tom, and their carefully curated lifestyle in contemporary Berlin. “Lifestyle” is the key word here, because the pair are highly focused
Joseph Incardona is a Swiss author, born in Italy and writing in French. He’s produced not only fifteen successful novels, but also scripts for theatre and cinema. Several of his
