First published in 2018, Antonio Scurati’s M. Son of the Century (‘M. Il Figlio del Secolo’) is the first in his pentalogy on the life of Mussolini. The novel was a commercia
Iida Turpeinen is a Finnish writer and scholar, whose first novel Elolliset (2023), was nominated for the prestigious Finlandia Prize for Literature. Elolliset received starry revi
Pier Vittorio Tondelli (1955–1991) was an Italian writer, journalist and playwright who enjoyed something of a cult reputation in Italy in the 1980s and 1990s. An author whose wo
Mammoth is the third novel in Eva Baltasar’s triptych, following Permafrost (2021) and Boulder (2022), all translated into English by Julia Sanches and published by And Other Sto
Baltasar’s 2018 novel Permafrost is the first part of a triptych (her choice of word), in which three women tell their stories in the first-person voice. The second book, Boulder
The premise of this novel – a journalist begins to research a mystery concerning past events – might seem familiar to readers who enjoy historical investigations. One of the de
‘I am gnawing on this thought until it has no more taste, just so that it would stop gnawing me.’ Oksana Zabuzhko is a major cultural figure in Ukraine: a novelist, a cultural
‘I write against democracy’, begins Michela Murgia, which rather grabs you by the throat as beginnings go. What follows is, technically, a guide to fascism with insights both p
The appearance of Les inséparables in France last year inspired much early discussion: why had the novel been left unpublished by the author? How did it compare to Mémoires d’u
Thora Hjörleifsdóttir is an Icelandic poet and novelist, and has previously published three collections with her poetry collective, Imposter Poets. Magma is her first novel and i
