Twenty Love Poems & A Song of Despair by Pablo Neruda
it’s not love if u pretend they don’t shit
it’s not love if u pretend they don’t shit
i read a book that’s aged badly and reflect on bad times
a literary memoir on translation
Three writers and a publisher discuss work in translation
Digression-free review of some new literary fiction
If Gregor Hens can give up smoking, I can give up booze.
A glimmer of hope: I am almost able to read in Spanish.
Gorgeous Bosnian novel and my thoughts on the role of translators
Experimental late 20th century short fiction.
I read another one of those cute Penguin Little Black Classics, this one a collection of three short stories byContinue Reading
The Vegetarian by Han Kang is an odd book. I bought it for myself on my mad, wild, Foyles birthdayContinue Reading
This is a very short novel (that, somehow, feels even shorter than it is) published by the commendable independent publishingContinue Reading












