by NRB | 5 Sep 2024 | Fiction |
László Krasznahorkai’s latest novel encompasses physics, the music of JS Bach, and an obsessive correspondence with the German chancellor. László Krasznahorkai enthusiasts won’t be surprised he’s written a 430-page novel comprising a single sentence....
by NRB | 15 Jun 2023 | Fiction |
Without drama, plot or action, Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai has nevertheless created a compelling work of fiction. Susan Sontag once described novelist László Krasznahorkai as ‘the Hungarian master of the apocalypse’. Many of Krasznahorkai’s...
by NRB | 4 Apr 2023 | Fiction |
The new novel from the award-winning author of Winter in Sokcho explores the lives of Koreans living in Japan. At first, the language of this novel seems spare and abrupt, but gradually it draws you into the strange, disconnected life of the narrator. We learn her...
by NRB | 16 Feb 2023 | Fiction |
Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize for her novel Fever Dream, Argentine writer Samantha Schweblin has a talent for unsettling stories. These stories are weird and wonderful, and, given the strange behaviour of people that we hear about every day, completely...
ANNA DOWNES Red River Road and LISA KENWAY All You Took From Me. Reviewed by Justine Ettler3 October 2024These two new crime thrillers from Australian writers Anna Downes and Lisa [ … ]
KATHERINE WILES No Autographs Please. Reviewed by Sally Nimon2 October 2024Katherine Wiles’ life as a professional opera singer seems glossed with [ … ]
ANTONIA PONT The Memory Library. Reviewed by Ann Skea1 October 2024Memories are not merely recounted in Antonia Pont’s novella. How would you like [ … ]
ALINA BELLCHAMBERS The Order of Masks. Reviewed by Amelia Dudley26 September 2024Spies, magic, intrigue, and the human cost of an expanding empire all feature [ … ]
