Blogs in September 2024

Novel set in USA and BEIJING

Novel set in USA and BEIJING 18th September 2024

Real Americans by Rachel Khong, novel set in USA and Beijing. Real Americans by Rachel Khong tells a familiar story, of first-generation children of immigrants and the efforts they need to make to fit in, but also the disconnection...

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Vignettes of Tanja’s life – set around the Berlin Wall / East Germany

Vignettes of Tanja’s life – set around the Berlin Wall / East Germany 17th September 2024

Half Swimmer by Katja Oskamp, vignettes of Tanja’s life – set around the Berlin Wall/East Germany. TR: Jo Heinrich The stories are set in and around Berlin, forming snapshot vignettes of Tanja’s life. She is a teen, developing into...

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Novel of obsession and imagined shape shifting set mainly in MADRID

Novel of obsession and imagined shape shifting set mainly in MADRID 16th September 2024

The Group by Sigge Eklund, a novel of obsession and imagined shape-shifting set mainly in MADRID. TR: Rachel Wilson-Broyles As a reader, you would be hard-pressed to discover that name of the translator. The translator’s name is only mentioned...

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A novel of family dynamics set in MAINE

A novel of family dynamics set in MAINE 13th September 2024

The World After Alice by Lauren Aliza Green, a novel of family dynamics set in MAINE. In Elizabeth Cottage a host of disparate family and friends are gathering to celebrate the marriage of Morgan Hensley and Benji Weil. Theirs...

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Scandinoir set in a fictional area of STOCKHOLM

Scandinoir set in a fictional area of STOCKHOLM 12th September 2024

Deliver Me by Malin Persson Giolito, scandinoir set in a fictional area of Stockholm. TR: Rachel Wilson-Broyles Deliver Me, by Malin Persson Giolito, is a story of loyalty and betrayal. It features two boys growing up in neighbouring (fictional)...

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