Spring by Ali Smith
It is May, still spring, I‘m sure, and I am ready to discuss the third instalment of Ali Smith’s seasonal quartet. This week, we have...
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Jan 18, 20222 min read
White Teeth by Zadie Smith
Archie Jones and Samad Iqbal have been best friends since their adventures during World War II, though none of their friends and family...
Oct 26, 20212 min read
Lost in Translation: Life in a New Language by Eva Hoffman
In 1959, when Eva Hoffman was just 13 years old, her family decided to turn their back on the prevalent anti-Semitism in Poland and...
Oct 12, 20212 min read
The Good Immigrant by Nikesh Shukla
What does it mean to have to change your name for your classmates to be able to pronounce and remember it? How does it feel to be...
Oct 5, 20212 min read
Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi
The family Gifty remembers from early childhood is a family of four, that quickly became a family of three and way too soon was cut into...
Jun 29, 20212 min read
Voices of the Lost by Hoda Barakat
Five letters that will never reach their destination, written by five unnamed people who come from an unnamed, war-torn country form the...
Jun 1, 20213 min read
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Yaa Gyasi’s stunning debut novel Homegoing traces the story of a Ghanaian family as it plays out both in the Asante region and in...
Mar 16, 20212 min read
Fiction and Non-Fiction by Chinua Achebe
Last week I read both an essay collection and a novel by the celebrated Nigerian author Chinua Achebe. Africa’s Tarnished Name is a...
Feb 16, 20213 min read
Un Tempo Gentile di Milena Agus
English version below Un Tempo Gentile di Milena Agus è ambientato in un piccolo paese della Sardegna contadina, dimenticata e isolata....
Oct 31, 20201 min read
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
After loving Half of a Yellow Sun, I was eager to read more of this wonderful, intelligent woman who made me fall in love with Nigeria...
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