‘The Cape’ by Kenji Nakagami (Review)
My recent IFFP distractions have led me to neglect a book I’d been meaning to read for a while, a slice of J-Lit I was looking forward to. It was […]
‘The Fall of the Stone City’ by Ismail Kadare (Review – IFFP 2013, Number 14)
Today’s book introduces the blog to a new country and a very famous writer I really should already have tried. While the writer and country are new though, the topic […]
‘In Praise of Hatred’ by Khaled Khalifa (Review – IFFP 2013, Number 12a)
Recently, we took a trip to Lebanon in the early 80s to see how life was during the civil war, and today’s story takes us back to a similar time, […]
IFFP 2013 – Two Shortlists
The Independent foreign Fiction Prize shortlist is now out, and there are a few surprises in store (nothing new there then). Of the sixteen longlisted titles who entered the race, […]
Bundu by Chris Barnard (Review – IFFP 2013, Number 12)
It’s always nice to try something a little different, and today’s book is certainly not the usual translated literature fare. We’re heading off to South Africa, for my first book […]
IFFP 2013 – Shortlist Predictions
We started out with sixteen titles longlisted for the 2013 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize, and tomorrow will see ten of the works fall by the wayside, leaving us with six […]
‘Black Bazaar’ by Alain Mabanckou (Review – IFFP 2013, Number 11)
Important as it is to look back at history, sometimes it’s good to just relax and chill out with some friends. Time to head off to Jip’s Bar then to […]
