From an acclaimed short-story writer, this epic of power and class across generations in Pakistan is brutal, funny and brilliantly told
Imagine a shattering portrayal of Pakistani life through a chain…
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‘Like Kafka by way of Pedro Almodóvar’: 10 debut novels to look out for in 2026 ⊕
A Pulitzer finalist is among the first-time novelists, in tales of love, a surreal prison, teen murder and a tradwife
Belgrave Road
Manish Chauhan (Faber, January)
An affecting tale of loneliness and lo…
2 months ago
The best recent translated fiction – review roundup ⊕⊕
The Ferryman and His Wife by Frode Grytten; Woman in the Pillory by Brigitte Reimann; Iran+100, edited by various; Sea Now by Eva Meijer
The Ferryman and His Wife by Frode Grytten, translated by Aliso…
11 months ago
The Leopard review – this sultry Italian drama will leave you swooning ○
Netflix’s adaptation of the classic novel isn’t just a steamy, sumptuous treat that’s packed with nice food. It’s also a sharp look at how the ruling classes survive social upheaval
First the American…
14 months ago
Eurotrash by Christian Kracht review – blackly comic autofiction ○
A writer takes his elderly mother on a road trip through the Swiss Alps in an attempt to break with his privileged family’s dysfunctional past
Christian Kracht is a Swiss novelist who writes in German…
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