Germany vs. Algeria [World Cup of Literature: Second Round]
This match was judged by Florian Duijsens. For more info on the World Cup of Literature, read this, and download the updated bracket. To pitch anyone against W. G. Sebald is a cruel exercise, even within the high-stakes tournament that is the World Cup of Literature. More so even than Bola帽o, whose fame in the ...
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Hygiene and the Assassin [Why This Book Should Win the BTBA]
Similar to years past, we鈥檙e going to be featuring each of the 25 titles on the BTBA Fiction Longlist over the next month plus, but in contrast to previous editions, this year we鈥檙e going to try an experiment and frame all write-ups as 鈥渨hy this book should win.鈥 Some of these entries will be absurd, some more ...
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Hygiene and the Assassin [Why This Book Should Win the BTBA]
Similar to years past, we鈥檙e going to be featuring each of the 25 titles on the BTBA Fiction Longlist over the next month plus, but in contrast to previous editions, this year we鈥檙e going to try an experiment and frame all write-ups as 鈥渨hy this book should win.鈥 Some of these entries will be absurd, some more ...
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A Novel Bookstore
鈥淲ho should we see at the police to denounce attacks against literature?鈥 Such is the question that two bookstore owners—one an elegant heiress, the other a self-educated, solitary, bohemian bookseller—solemnly pose at the opening of French author Laurence Coss茅鈥檚 satirical biblio-thriller, A Novel ...
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Latest Review: A Novel Bookstore
The latest addition to our Reviews Section is a piece by Larissa Kyzer on Laurence Cosse’s A Novel Bookstore, which is available from Europa Editions in Alison Anderson’s translation. Larissa reviews for us on a regular basis, when she’s not learning various languages, writing for L Magazine, or reading ...
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The Sexual Life of an Islamist in Paris
In four novels and a collection of short stories, Le茂la Marouane has become a voice for the Algerian women鈥檚 rights movement, exploring themes of marriage, sex, and identity in the context of the religious and cultural divide of the Maghreb/Western Europe region. She fearlessly takes on the taboo, as her skill with comedy ...
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Latest Review: "The Sexual Life of an Islamist in Paris" by Le茂la Marouane
The latest addition to our Reviews Section is a piece by Erin O’Rourke on Le茂la Marouane’s The Sexual Life of an Islamist in Paris, which was translated from the French by Alison Anderson and published by Europa Editions earlier this year. Erin O’Rourke has been interning with us all summer, reading a ...
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