Klara and The Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro (2021)
admin In Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel, “Klara and the Sun,” we are introduced to a world where Artificial Intelligence has evolved to a point where robots like Klara and Rosa, the B2…
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Jente, 1983 (Girl, 1983) by Linn Ullmann (2021)
Karin remembers herself in a picture from when she was 16 years old, taken by A in Paris in 1983. Her shoulders are exposed and she’s wearing long earrings. The…
You Are Here by David Nicholls (2024)
David Nicholl’s new novel is a contemporary tale set in post-COVID London and the North of England, focusing on the lives of two main characters, Marnie and Michael, who are…
The Fraud by Zadie Smith (2023)
A novel that follows the life of Eliza Touchet, a young widow who, in her middle age, is caught in a court case, but the story is not narrated chronologically.…
When the Museum is Closed (休館日の彼女たち) by Emi Yagi (2022)
This is a unique and imaginative novel that tells the story of Rika Horauchi, a reserved young woman who takes on an unconventional part-time job at a museum. Her role…
Hunchback by Saou Ichikawa (2023)
This is a highly ambitious novella that delves into the life of Shaka, a woman in her thirties with congenital myopathy, a condition severely affecting her mobility and breathing. She…
Midnight Timetable by Bora Chung (2023)
Bora Chung’s latest novel is an intriguing collection of ghost stories that harken back to the tradition of tales told in the dead of night to curious listeners. Set in…
The King of Women by Bora Chung (2022)
In the collection of stories you’ve described, the author, Bora Chung, weaves a tapestry of diverse and imaginative tales that challenge traditional fairy tale conventions and explore themes of agency,…
De slaap die geen uren kent by Sebastiaan Chabot (2020)
Kurt Kuschfeld, a man in his fifties, lives in Reichsburg, Germany, in 1950. He works nights maintaining the street lighting in the little town, and lives in the tower of…
The White City Tale
Three years into lockdown, L-City is a ghost of itself. Its crime rates have drastically increased— violent crimes as a matter of course (as the infected tend to lose empathy…