Translated from French by Adriana Hunter (New York: Other Press, 2020) Written in poetic, gorgeously sparse prose, Pauline Delabroy-Allard’s debut novel, They Say Sarah, captures the intensity of two women’s violent and obsessive love affair. Structured in two parts, … Continued
Translated from Swedish by Saskia Vogel (New York: Other Press, 2020) During the Holocaust, Denmark was the only European country that rallied around its Jewish population to save nearly every Danish Jew. Almost overnight, the resistance organized a rescue mission. … Continued
Translated from German by Michael Hofman (New York: Other Press, 2020) The minimal-inducing fiction of Swiss author Peter Stamm, winner of the Hölderlin Prize and short-listed for the Man Booker, has been garnering attention from English readers since his first … Continued
Translated from Hebrew by Sondra Silverston (New York: Other Press, 2019) America’s Got Talent winning sleight-of-hand magician Shin Lim sits across from Ellen and signs a playing card, folds it up, then clenches it between his teeth, as Ellen had … Continued
Translated from Turkish by Ümit Hussein (New York: Other Press, 2019) I am incapable of forgiving people who have hurt me. I’ve tried the whole Christian philosophy of turning the other cheek and proffering forgiveness. But what I’ve learned is that others, … Continued
(New York: Other Press, 2019) When asked about the inspirations for her characters, author of The Hundred Wells of Salaga, Ayesha Harruna Attah, shares that her “goal was to write fully rounded people…because even the kindest people are capable of … Continued
Translated from Swedish by Saskia Vogel (New York: Other Press, 2019) Acts of Infidelity is a novel about two very specific characters, the things they say to each other, and the complications that ensue. It is also a philosophical meditation … Continued
Translated from Dutch by Jane Hedley-Prôle (New York: Other Press, 2019) I am a fan of historical-fiction. History re-envisioned, a blend of fact and imagination that sometimes leads to a greater truth, a better understanding of the past. Academic texts … Continued
(New York: Other Press, 2018) Never Anyone But You by Rupert Thompson is an in-depth historical fiction following the surrealist photographers Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore through their first meeting in the early 1900s, their move to 1920s Paris, followed by … Continued
(Is It All in Your Head? True Stories of Imaginary Illness. New York, NY: Other Press, 2017) Justine had fibromyalgia – or so that’s what she told me. No matter how much she slept, she was always tired. Her joints hurt. … Continued
Translated from the German by Jen Calleja (New York, NY: Other Press, 2017) I am a “tobacco chipper.” Two days ago, I had never heard the term, but according to Gregor Hens in Nicotine, it is someone who can smoke … Continued
(New York, NY: Other Press, 2015) After regaling us with entertaining anecdotes about his life as a screen writer in Hollywood, the late Gill Dennis threw out a curve ball: “What was your greatest moment of shame?” He was teaching … Continued
Translated from the Portuguese by Margaret Jull Costa (New York, NY: Other Press, 2014) It’s peculiar how ghosts will bump into you when you are least expecting them to. How they’ll blindside you and drag you back to places long … Continued