Review
April 4th, 2022
by Seher Hashmi
If you wish to relish in humour that smoothly changes its pace and texture, then this compact novel of 228 pages titled How to Get Filthy Rich in ...read the full piece >>Review
March 21st, 2022
by Qing Xu
“Truth is stranger than fiction,” opined Mark Twain. In this collection of “real stories” — as the writer Aleksandar Hemon puts it himself — readers ...read the full piece >>Review
March 7th, 2022
by Olga Pinjung
Don’t Forget Us Here is a book about endurance, brotherhood, suffering and finding happiness in hell: Guantánamo. It offers a painful yet hopeful and ...read the full piece >>Review
February 21st, 2022
by Chiara Meitz
Pachinko (2017) by Min Jin Lee leads us into the lives of a Korean family in Japan during the 20th century. Her narrative follows four generations ...read the full piece >>Review
February 7th, 2022
by Joselle Ali
For this review, our volunteer Joselle had the pleasure of interviewing actress and author Chiara Maxia. As she unravels the text, she sets out to ...read the full piece >>Review
January 24th, 2022
by Andrea Färber
Coming to terms with loss and what it means to grow up in a country that is never truly one’s own, The Properties of Perpetual Light (2021) is a ...read the full piece >>Review
December 21st, 2021
by Sam Dapanas
Identity is not fixed. Sometimes, it can be fluid or even unfinished, as if it is never meant to be finished at all. In her last collection of essays, ...read the full piece >>Review
November 22nd, 2021
by Matic Ačko
Through the scattered, yet vivid poems of Sandpaper Tongue, Parchment Lips , Melanie Hyo-In Han tells the story of being a young girl belonging to ...read the full piece >>Review
October 25th, 2021
by Qing Xu
A Thousand Years of Good Prayers (2005) by Yiyun Li seeks to carve a middle way for Chinese-American literature, between relentless political ...read the full piece >>Review
October 8th, 2021
by Lisa Schantl
Translingual, Calcutta born writer Amitav Ghosh is known for his well-researched and densely crafted works of fiction and nonfiction, often concerned ...read the full piece >>Supported by:
