Broken Glass Park
鈥淪ometimes I think I鈥檓 the only one in our neighborhood with any worthwhile dreams. I have two, and there鈥檚 no reason to be ashamed of either one. I want to kill Vadim. And I want to write a book about my mother.鈥 So begins Broken Glass Park, the achingly beautiful debut novel by Russian-born Alina Bronsky (a ...
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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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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: "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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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 Homecoming Party" by Carmine Abate
The latest addition to our Reviews Section is a piece by Grant Barber on Carmine Abate’s The Homecoming Party, translated from the Italian by Antony Shugaar and published by Europa Editions. In his own words, Grant Barber is 鈥渁n Episcopal priest living on the south shore of Boston and a keen bibliophile. Maybe by ...
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The Homecoming Party
This short novel (171 pages) continues Europa鈥檚 practice of bringing interesting contemporary fiction from writers of Europe. What commends this novel most is the author鈥檚 voice underlying the first person accounts of Marco, a 13 year old Albanian- Italian boy living in a small southern Italy town, and his father who is a ...
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