The novel is a portrait of growing up and growing old, twin phenomena that run in the same direction yet seem somehow opposed
Set Change — Yuri Andrukhovych
A land of constant instability and change, Andrukhovych’s poetic world is simultaneously hopeless — the future is uncertain, cut short — and teeming with the hope of a reclaimed past, which is never out of reach.
A Fictional Inquiry – Daniele Del Giudice
In A FICTIONAL INQUIRY, representation is a matter of collecting loose ends and leaving them loose.
Saturnin wants his master to be an adventurer, but he doesn’t merely plan or dream: He acts on his fantasies, creating situations that force his master out of his banal existence and into the unexpected.
For all its bleak imagery, ATLANTIS is also a poem of beauty and redemption.
Blue Notes – Anne Cathrine Bomann
Blue Notes is no quiet meditation on grief: it’s a well-paced and highly readable medical thriller.
Our Philosopher – Gert Hofmann
OUR PHILOSOPHER is no celebratory Bildungsroman. But why should it be, when, for Hans, growing up means integrating into a sick society?
The Complete Works of Álvaro de Campos – Fernando Pessoa
Simply being is rarely enough for Campos; he needs to think intensely about being, and feeling, and everything else.