The Hotel of the Three Roses, by Augusto de Angelis, is another title resurrected by […]
The Collected Novellas of Stefan Zweig, by Stefan Zweig
After Wes Anderson used Stefan Zweig’s stories as the inspiration for The Grand Budapest Hotel, Zweig […]
Into Oblivion, by Arnaldur Indriðason
Arnaldur Indriðason has once again taken us back to Inspector Erlendur’s early years with Iceland’s […]
Confession of the Lioness, by Mia Couto
Many of the books I read illustrate just how connected we are to each other. […]
The Big Green Tent, by Ludmila Ulitskaya
One of the reasons I read fiction is to learn history. Oh, I read historical […]
The Poisoning Angel, by Jean Teulé
Most of the histories of serial killers I’ve seen began with Jack the Ripper. A […]
Inside the Head of Bruno Schulz, by Maxim Biller
What would the inside of a writer’s mind look like? I’ve had this thought before, […]
Eat Him if You Like, by Jean Teulé
Eat Him if You Like, by Jean Teulé, would be horrifying enough even if it […]
The Vatican Cellars, by André Gide
Why do we behave the way that we do? Psychologists would argue about nature versus […]
The Underground, by Hamid Ismailov
And now for the second book this week that puzzled me so much that I […]