As this novel – by the most prominent Catalan writer of the twentieth century, brought to us for the first…
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Sara Mesa’s Four by Four is a novel of secrets revealed gradually. Its three sections progressively, though obliquely, uncover the…
The Day My Grandfather Was a Hero is an evocative novella set in Austria in spring 1945, during the final…
One day eleven-year-old Elly goes missing while cycling to her judo class at the nearby sports centre. No explanation for…
I long wanted to read Jason Lutes classic graphic trilogy of the Weimar Republic, but decided not to do so…
Those who read Scandinavian crime fiction have not been surprised at the revelations of violent neo-Nazi movements in the Nordic…
Åsa Larsson is a markedly different writer from her fellow Swede Camilla Läckberg (discussed elsewhere on this site), with her…
In 2017, there were two Norwegian nominees for the Nordic Council Literature Prize. One was Vigdis Hjorth, who’s controversial yet…
‘Lonely people know nothing and are worth nothing.’ Within the first pages of Restless a young man sets the boundaries…
I’m introducing May 2020’s Riveting Reviews with an appeal: The European Literature Network needs your help. And by that I…
In Boccaccio’s Decameron ten young people escape the plague-ridden city of Florence and spend ten days travelling between beautifully appointed…
Introduced by Rosie GoldsmithChair of the EBRD Judging Panel and Director of the European Literature Network This week my fellow…
