Javier Cercas: The Blind Spot: An Essay on the Novel
Paul reviews Javier Cercas’s The Blind Spot: An Essay on the Novel, translated from the Spanish by Anne McLean.
Paul Fulcher
Wolfgang Hilbig: The Tidings of the Trees
Paul reviews Wolfgang Hilbig’s 1996 novel, The Tidings of the Trees, translated from the Germany by Isabel Fargo Cole.
Wolfgang Hilbig: Old Rendering Plant
Paul reviews Wolfgang Hilbig’s 1991 novel Old Rendering Plant, translated from the German by Isabel Fargo Cole.
Wolfgang Hilbig: The Sleep of the Righteous
Paul reviews Wolfgang Hilbig’s 2002 collection of reflections, The Sleep of the Righteous, translated from the German by Isabel Fargo Cole.
Alex Pheby: Lucia
Paul reviews Alex Pheby’s Lucia, a novel about Lucia Joyce, daughter of James Joyce’s and lover of Samuel Beckett, who has, after spending the last 30 years of her life in an asylum, almost been erased from history.
Esther Kinsky: River
Paul reviews Esther Kinsky’s River, translated from the German by Iaian Galbraith.
Han Kang: The White Book
Paul reviews Han Kang’s The White Book, translated from the Korean by Deborah Smith. This book was recently shortlisted for this year’s Man Booker International Prize.
Olga Tokarczuk: Flights
Paul reviews Olga Tokarczuk’s Flights, translated from the Polish by Jennifer Croft. This book was recently shortlisted for this year’s Man Booker International Prize.