My Other Heart by Emma Nanami Strenner, novel set in USA, Vietnam and Japan. My Other Heart by Emma Nanami Stenner is a beautifully written exploration of identity and belonging, especially as those things apply to first-generation immigrant children in...
Authors, take care to research your locations properly! I was recently trawling through Social Media and on Threads I saw the following post, which got me thinking about the portrayal of a setting. The comments below the post mostly...
Death Deserved by Jørn Lier Horst and Thomas Enger, suspense set in OSLO. Translated by Anne Bruce. #fromourbookshelves So far there are 5 novels in the Blix and Ramm series and this is the very first outing for police...
Grace of the Empire State by Gemma Tizzard, novel set around the building of the Empire State Building, Manhattan. 1930 New York and the Depression is in full swing. People are scrabbling around for food and jobs and life...
Yeonnam-Dong’s Smiley Laundromat by Kim Jiyun, heart-warming novel set in Yeonnam-Dong, Seoul. Translated by Shanna Tan. A heart-warming tale of extraordinary stories from ordinary people Yeonnam-Dong’s Smiley Laundromat is a debut novel for Korean writer Kim Jiyun and...
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