Blogs in July 2024

Novella set in BERLIN

Novella set in BERLIN 12th July 2024

Spontaneous Acts by Yoko Tawada, novella set in Berlin. TR: Susan Bernofsky “The patient’s name is Patrik. He sometimes refers to himself as the patient in his interior monologue.” He has (or had) a dog called Aorta. He is...

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Talking Location With… author Patrick Worrall – LITHUANIA

Talking Location With… author Patrick Worrall – LITHUANIA 11th July 2024

#TalkingLocationWith …  Patrick Worrall, author of The Exile – LITHUANIA (and Europe). I am British but my first two novels are written from a European perspective. I watched the collapse of Communism as a young man, and it seemed...

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Novel of family set in CHENNAI and CHICAGO

Novel of family set in CHENNAI and CHICAGO 10th July 2024

Missy by Raghav Rao, novel of family set in Chennai and Chicago. The book opens in Madras (which comes to be known as Chennai in 1996) in 1974. Savi has grown up in a convent, having lost her mother,...

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A Food Tour of FRANCE

A Food Tour of FRANCE 9th July 2024

Amuse Bouche: How to eat your way around France by Carolyn Boyd, a food tour of FRANCE. Amuse Bouche by Carolyn Boyd is the Francophile’s dream: a guide to the diverse regions of France that’s bursting with its food-related...

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Novel set in Central SPAIN

Novel set in Central SPAIN 8th July 2024

Far by Rosa Ribas, novel set in Central Spain. TR: Charlotte Coombe. The book was inspired by a housing estate called Seseña, which was one of the examples of the consequences of the “brick boom” and it is located...

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