David Szalay has won the Booker Prize 2025 for his novel “Flesh” - thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l...
The Booker Prize 2025 | The Booker Prizes
The winner of the Booker Prize 2025 will be announced on Monday, 10 November
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November 10, 2025 at 9:55 PM
David Szalay has won the Booker Prize 2025 for his novel “Flesh” - thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l...
“Perhaps the real theme of the novel is forgiveness. What Harold fears is being found out. Being judged. What Castro does is refuse to judge him.”
In @thelondonmagazine.bsky.social, Hugh Foley reviews Jordan Castro’s new novel, “Muscle Man” - thelondonmagazine.org/review-to-go...
In @thelondonmagazine.bsky.social, Hugh Foley reviews Jordan Castro’s new novel, “Muscle Man” - thelondonmagazine.org/review-to-go...
Review | To Go Through the Raskolnikov Process by Hugh Foley - The London Magazine
Hugh Foley reviews Muscle Man by Jordan Castro, 'a distinguished survivor of probably the last avant-garde grouping in US letters'.
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November 10, 2025 at 1:03 PM
“Perhaps the real theme of the novel is forgiveness. What Harold fears is being found out. Being judged. What Castro does is refuse to judge him.”
In @thelondonmagazine.bsky.social, Hugh Foley reviews Jordan Castro’s new novel, “Muscle Man” - thelondonmagazine.org/review-to-go...
In @thelondonmagazine.bsky.social, Hugh Foley reviews Jordan Castro’s new novel, “Muscle Man” - thelondonmagazine.org/review-to-go...
“Couto’s novel reminds us of the mind games we play with our memories, often distorting the truth to accommodate our discomfort.”
In @worldlittoday.bsky.social, Elaine Margolin reviews Mia Couto’s newly translated novel, “The Cartographer of Absences” - worldliteraturetoday.org/2025/novembe...
In @worldlittoday.bsky.social, Elaine Margolin reviews Mia Couto’s newly translated novel, “The Cartographer of Absences” - worldliteraturetoday.org/2025/novembe...
The Cartographer of Absences: A Novel by Mia Couto
Trans. David Brookshaw. New York. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 2025. 320 pages.
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November 9, 2025 at 1:20 PM
“Couto’s novel reminds us of the mind games we play with our memories, often distorting the truth to accommodate our discomfort.”
In @worldlittoday.bsky.social, Elaine Margolin reviews Mia Couto’s newly translated novel, “The Cartographer of Absences” - worldliteraturetoday.org/2025/novembe...
In @worldlittoday.bsky.social, Elaine Margolin reviews Mia Couto’s newly translated novel, “The Cartographer of Absences” - worldliteraturetoday.org/2025/novembe...
“Making a living largely teaching English, he sometimes appears uncertain about what Japan means to him besides a place of escape.”
In @japantimes.co.jp, Grace En-yi Ting reviews Bryan Washington’s new novel, “Palaver” - www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025...
In @japantimes.co.jp, Grace En-yi Ting reviews Bryan Washington’s new novel, “Palaver” - www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025...
‘Palaver’: A queer story set in Tokyo searches for a home for the heart
A finalist for this year’s National Book Award for Fiction in the U.S., Bryan Washington’s “Palaver” is a gentle exploration of leaving and arriving.
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November 8, 2025 at 12:51 PM
“Making a living largely teaching English, he sometimes appears uncertain about what Japan means to him besides a place of escape.”
In @japantimes.co.jp, Grace En-yi Ting reviews Bryan Washington’s new novel, “Palaver” - www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025...
In @japantimes.co.jp, Grace En-yi Ting reviews Bryan Washington’s new novel, “Palaver” - www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025...
“A labyrinthine fun house, the collection is altogether firmly in the tradition of Jorge Luis Borges.”
In @necessaryfiction.com, Rick Henry reviews Fabio Morábito’s newly translated story collection, “The Shadow of the Mammoth” - necessaryfiction.com/reviews/the-...
In @necessaryfiction.com, Rick Henry reviews Fabio Morábito’s newly translated story collection, “The Shadow of the Mammoth” - necessaryfiction.com/reviews/the-...
The Shadow of the Mammoth – Necessary Fiction
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November 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
“A labyrinthine fun house, the collection is altogether firmly in the tradition of Jorge Luis Borges.”
In @necessaryfiction.com, Rick Henry reviews Fabio Morábito’s newly translated story collection, “The Shadow of the Mammoth” - necessaryfiction.com/reviews/the-...
In @necessaryfiction.com, Rick Henry reviews Fabio Morábito’s newly translated story collection, “The Shadow of the Mammoth” - necessaryfiction.com/reviews/the-...
“Through careful attention to the gaps in the present, even an irrecoverable past can become a life-affirming resource for the future.”
In On the Seawall, Daniel Kraft reviews Gábor Schein’s newly translated poetry collection, “Beyond the Cordons” - www.ronslate.com/on-beyond-th...
In On the Seawall, Daniel Kraft reviews Gábor Schein’s newly translated poetry collection, “Beyond the Cordons” - www.ronslate.com/on-beyond-th...
on Beyond the Cordons: Selected Poems by Gábor Schein, translated from the Hungarian by Ottilie Mullet & Erika Mihálycsa – On the Seawall
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November 6, 2025 at 11:44 AM
“Through careful attention to the gaps in the present, even an irrecoverable past can become a life-affirming resource for the future.”
In On the Seawall, Daniel Kraft reviews Gábor Schein’s newly translated poetry collection, “Beyond the Cordons” - www.ronslate.com/on-beyond-th...
In On the Seawall, Daniel Kraft reviews Gábor Schein’s newly translated poetry collection, “Beyond the Cordons” - www.ronslate.com/on-beyond-th...
“With Simone, Burroway has created a character who is present and absent simultaneously throughout the novel, both to the reader and to herself.”
In @thirdcoastrvw.bsky.social, Patrick T. Reardon reviews Janet Burroway’s new novel, “Simone in Pieces” - thirdcoastreview.com/lit/2025/11/...
In @thirdcoastrvw.bsky.social, Patrick T. Reardon reviews Janet Burroway’s new novel, “Simone in Pieces” - thirdcoastreview.com/lit/2025/11/...
Review: The Fracturedness of a Life, <em>Simone in Pieces</em> by Janet Burroway | Third Coast Review
Nearly six decades earlier, in 1940, out of the deep blackness of the shore of German-occupied Belgium, Simone walked...
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November 5, 2025 at 1:32 PM
“With Simone, Burroway has created a character who is present and absent simultaneously throughout the novel, both to the reader and to herself.”
In @thirdcoastrvw.bsky.social, Patrick T. Reardon reviews Janet Burroway’s new novel, “Simone in Pieces” - thirdcoastreview.com/lit/2025/11/...
In @thirdcoastrvw.bsky.social, Patrick T. Reardon reviews Janet Burroway’s new novel, “Simone in Pieces” - thirdcoastreview.com/lit/2025/11/...
“In Choudhary’s world, masks are more than simply masks; they are life. They are placed on the city, the body, and the soul.”
In @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social, Wani Nazir reviews Rajkamal Choudhary’s newly translated novel, “The Dead Fish” - thehooghlyreview.com/translating-...
In @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social, Wani Nazir reviews Rajkamal Choudhary’s newly translated novel, “The Dead Fish” - thehooghlyreview.com/translating-...
Translating the Ache in The Dead Fish: Mahua Sen and the Many Voices of Rajkamal Choudhary – THE HOOGHLY REVIEW
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November 4, 2025 at 1:51 PM
“In Choudhary’s world, masks are more than simply masks; they are life. They are placed on the city, the body, and the soul.”
In @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social, Wani Nazir reviews Rajkamal Choudhary’s newly translated novel, “The Dead Fish” - thehooghlyreview.com/translating-...
In @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social, Wani Nazir reviews Rajkamal Choudhary’s newly translated novel, “The Dead Fish” - thehooghlyreview.com/translating-...
French author Laurent Mauvignier wins the 2025 Prix Goncourt for 'La Maison vide' - www.lemonde.fr/en/culture/a...
Laurent Mauvignier wins 2025 Prix Goncourt for 'La Maison vide'
The writer won France's most prestigious literary prize for his monumental novel, a reinvention of his family's history across four generations, set in a rural French house.
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November 4, 2025 at 12:39 PM
French author Laurent Mauvignier wins the 2025 Prix Goncourt for 'La Maison vide' - www.lemonde.fr/en/culture/a...
Mexican author Gonzalo Celorio wins the 2025 Cervantes Prize - www.todoalicante.es/english/mexi...
Mexican Writer Gonzalo Celorio Wins 2025 Cervantes Prize | TodoAlicante
The award, valued at 125,000 euros, is the most prestigious accolade in Spanish literature.
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November 3, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Mexican author Gonzalo Celorio wins the 2025 Cervantes Prize - www.todoalicante.es/english/mexi...
“Louis’ candour and self-awareness are the engine of this novel – a novel which, against all odds, is actually quite funny.”
In @mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social, Alexandra Sweny reviews Jean-Christophe Réhel’s newly translated novel, “All Kidding Aside” - mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/all-...
In @mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social, Alexandra Sweny reviews Jean-Christophe Réhel’s newly translated novel, “All Kidding Aside” - mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/all-...
All Kidding Aside • Montreal Review of Books
All Kidding Aside manages to explore serious moral dilemmas without being prescriptive.
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November 3, 2025 at 12:52 PM
“Louis’ candour and self-awareness are the engine of this novel – a novel which, against all odds, is actually quite funny.”
In @mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social, Alexandra Sweny reviews Jean-Christophe Réhel’s newly translated novel, “All Kidding Aside” - mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/all-...
In @mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social, Alexandra Sweny reviews Jean-Christophe Réhel’s newly translated novel, “All Kidding Aside” - mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/all-...
“When we read, we conjure up the names and ideas of the past, reanimating them for as long as we continue to turn the page.”
In @thenation.com, Rhian Sasseen reviews Ron Padgett’s new poetry collection, “Pink Dust” - www.thenation.com/article/cult...
In @thenation.com, Rhian Sasseen reviews Ron Padgett’s new poetry collection, “Pink Dust” - www.thenation.com/article/cult...
The Immortal Poetry of Ron Padgett
Pink Dust, a collection about aging and death, offers an optimistic vision of life as a continual act of reading.
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November 2, 2025 at 1:14 PM
“When we read, we conjure up the names and ideas of the past, reanimating them for as long as we continue to turn the page.”
In @thenation.com, Rhian Sasseen reviews Ron Padgett’s new poetry collection, “Pink Dust” - www.thenation.com/article/cult...
In @thenation.com, Rhian Sasseen reviews Ron Padgett’s new poetry collection, “Pink Dust” - www.thenation.com/article/cult...
“By creating space for these histories in her fictive realm, Pritam strove to remember those on the periphery.”
In @jstordaily.bsky.social, Sakhi Thirani revisits Amrita Pritam’s novella “Pinjar” - daily.jstor.org/caught-in-pa...
In @jstordaily.bsky.social, Sakhi Thirani revisits Amrita Pritam’s novella “Pinjar” - daily.jstor.org/caught-in-pa...
Caught in Partition’s Violent Fray - JSTOR Daily
Published seventy-five year ago, Amrita Pritam’s Pinjar explores the devastation suffered by the women of India and Pakistan after political rupture.
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November 1, 2025 at 12:45 PM
“By creating space for these histories in her fictive realm, Pritam strove to remember those on the periphery.”
In @jstordaily.bsky.social, Sakhi Thirani revisits Amrita Pritam’s novella “Pinjar” - daily.jstor.org/caught-in-pa...
In @jstordaily.bsky.social, Sakhi Thirani revisits Amrita Pritam’s novella “Pinjar” - daily.jstor.org/caught-in-pa...
“[…] Séraphine gradually questions her husband and ultimately her future in a place that proves hostile to their survival.”
In @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social, Joe Stanek reviews Mathieu Belezi’s newly translated novel, “Attacking Earth and Sun” - chireviewofbooks.com/2025/10/27/v...
In @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social, Joe Stanek reviews Mathieu Belezi’s newly translated novel, “Attacking Earth and Sun” - chireviewofbooks.com/2025/10/27/v...
Visions of Early Algerian Colonialism in "Attacking Earth and Sun" - Chicago Review of Books
By the time France officially conceded Algerian independence in 1962, French colonists and their descendants had been in North Africa for over 160 years. Narratives around the well-documented cycles o...
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October 31, 2025 at 1:56 PM
“[…] Séraphine gradually questions her husband and ultimately her future in a place that proves hostile to their survival.”
In @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social, Joe Stanek reviews Mathieu Belezi’s newly translated novel, “Attacking Earth and Sun” - chireviewofbooks.com/2025/10/27/v...
In @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social, Joe Stanek reviews Mathieu Belezi’s newly translated novel, “Attacking Earth and Sun” - chireviewofbooks.com/2025/10/27/v...
“Over and over, the narrator gently points to human foibles and flaws, while never losing sight of the larger context these humans live within.”
In @wwborders.bsky.social, Rebecca Hussey reviews Eva Meijer’s newly translated novel, “Sea Now” - wordswithoutborders.org/book-reviews...
In @wwborders.bsky.social, Rebecca Hussey reviews Eva Meijer’s newly translated novel, “Sea Now” - wordswithoutborders.org/book-reviews...
How the Sea Might Speak: On Eva Meijer’s Sea Now - Words Without Borders
Sea Now hints "at mysteries that humans can sense but never penetrate," writes critic Rebecca Hussey.
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October 30, 2025 at 1:19 PM
“Over and over, the narrator gently points to human foibles and flaws, while never losing sight of the larger context these humans live within.”
In @wwborders.bsky.social, Rebecca Hussey reviews Eva Meijer’s newly translated novel, “Sea Now” - wordswithoutborders.org/book-reviews...
In @wwborders.bsky.social, Rebecca Hussey reviews Eva Meijer’s newly translated novel, “Sea Now” - wordswithoutborders.org/book-reviews...
“These stories both capture and reinforce the way thoughts drift and memories flood in as you watch the world go by.”
In @reviewcanada.bsky.social, Pablo Strauss reviews Mikhail Iossel’s new short story collection, “Sentence” - reviewcanada.ca/magazine/202...
In @reviewcanada.bsky.social, Pablo Strauss reviews Mikhail Iossel’s new short story collection, “Sentence” - reviewcanada.ca/magazine/202...
Splices of Life | A review of “Sentence” by Mikhail Iossel | Literary Review of Canada
Pablo Strauss reviews “Sentence” by Mikhail Iossel, a collection of experimental single-sentence stories ranging from 20 words to 25 pages.
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October 29, 2025 at 1:32 PM
“These stories both capture and reinforce the way thoughts drift and memories flood in as you watch the world go by.”
In @reviewcanada.bsky.social, Pablo Strauss reviews Mikhail Iossel’s new short story collection, “Sentence” - reviewcanada.ca/magazine/202...
In @reviewcanada.bsky.social, Pablo Strauss reviews Mikhail Iossel’s new short story collection, “Sentence” - reviewcanada.ca/magazine/202...
US poet Ellen Bryant Voigt has died, aged 82 - yalereview.org/article/trib...
Remembering Ellen Bryant Voigt
Catherine Barnett, Victoria Chang, Meghan O’Rourke, and Carl Phillips remember the poet Ellen Bryant Voigt.
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October 28, 2025 at 7:02 PM
US poet Ellen Bryant Voigt has died, aged 82 - yalereview.org/article/trib...
“Gaillard suggests how humans belong to matter and are themselves reflections and productions of similar processes.”
In @fullstopmag.bsky.social, Isabel Sobral Campos reviews Baptiste Gaillard’s newly translated poetry collection, “In the Realm of Motes” - www.full-stop.net/2025/10/27/r...
In @fullstopmag.bsky.social, Isabel Sobral Campos reviews Baptiste Gaillard’s newly translated poetry collection, “In the Realm of Motes” - www.full-stop.net/2025/10/27/r...
In the Realm of Motes – Baptiste Gaillard
Human witnesses are nowhere in this book
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October 28, 2025 at 2:41 PM
“Gaillard suggests how humans belong to matter and are themselves reflections and productions of similar processes.”
In @fullstopmag.bsky.social, Isabel Sobral Campos reviews Baptiste Gaillard’s newly translated poetry collection, “In the Realm of Motes” - www.full-stop.net/2025/10/27/r...
In @fullstopmag.bsky.social, Isabel Sobral Campos reviews Baptiste Gaillard’s newly translated poetry collection, “In the Realm of Motes” - www.full-stop.net/2025/10/27/r...
“This is the story of powerless little people caught up in a confusing maelstrom, at the receiving end of senseless violence.”
In @theartsfuse.bsky.social, David Mehegan reviews Ha Jin’s new novel, “Looking for Tank Man” - artsfuse.org/318793/book-...
In @theartsfuse.bsky.social, David Mehegan reviews Ha Jin’s new novel, “Looking for Tank Man” - artsfuse.org/318793/book-...
Book Review: Ha Jin’s “Looking for Tank Man”: Memory, Erasure, and the Weight of Exile - The Arts Fuse
This is the story of powerless little people caught up in a confusing maelstrom, at the receiving end of senseless violence.
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October 27, 2025 at 2:34 PM
“This is the story of powerless little people caught up in a confusing maelstrom, at the receiving end of senseless violence.”
In @theartsfuse.bsky.social, David Mehegan reviews Ha Jin’s new novel, “Looking for Tank Man” - artsfuse.org/318793/book-...
In @theartsfuse.bsky.social, David Mehegan reviews Ha Jin’s new novel, “Looking for Tank Man” - artsfuse.org/318793/book-...
“Diving deeper than the quotidian insults of her characters’ loneliness, poverty and fear, Straight brings us inside their exhausted minds.”
In @latimes.com, Meredith Maran reviews Susan Straight’s new novel, “Sacrament” - www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
In @latimes.com, Meredith Maran reviews Susan Straight’s new novel, “Sacrament” - www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Review: Susan Straight’s ‘Sacrament’ — her best novel yet — is an ode to California nurses during COVID surge
Susan Straight, considered the bard of overlooked California, sets her 10th novel, 'Sacrament,' in a San Bernardino hospital during the COVID-19 surge in 2020.
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October 26, 2025 at 12:48 PM
“Diving deeper than the quotidian insults of her characters’ loneliness, poverty and fear, Straight brings us inside their exhausted minds.”
In @latimes.com, Meredith Maran reviews Susan Straight’s new novel, “Sacrament” - www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
In @latimes.com, Meredith Maran reviews Susan Straight’s new novel, “Sacrament” - www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
“For modern readers, Cortázar is an act of resistance against simplified narratives and attention spans taken over by tech addictions.”
In Americas Quarterly, Miranda Mazariegos reviews Julio Cortázar’s newly reissued novel, “A Certain Lucas” - www.americasquarterly.org/article/a-cl...
In Americas Quarterly, Miranda Mazariegos reviews Julio Cortázar’s newly reissued novel, “A Certain Lucas” - www.americasquarterly.org/article/a-cl...
A Classic Cortázar Novel Is Back
"A Certain Lucas" gets a new edition at an opportune moment.
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October 25, 2025 at 2:54 PM
“For modern readers, Cortázar is an act of resistance against simplified narratives and attention spans taken over by tech addictions.”
In Americas Quarterly, Miranda Mazariegos reviews Julio Cortázar’s newly reissued novel, “A Certain Lucas” - www.americasquarterly.org/article/a-cl...
In Americas Quarterly, Miranda Mazariegos reviews Julio Cortázar’s newly reissued novel, “A Certain Lucas” - www.americasquarterly.org/article/a-cl...
“Marce’s experience becomes a shared memory that reminds the Catletts who they are and ‘where’ they are.”
In Front Porch Republic, Ethan Mannon reviews Wendell Berry’s new novel, “Marce Catlett: The Force of a Story” - www.frontporchrepublic.com/2025/10/reco...
In Front Porch Republic, Ethan Mannon reviews Wendell Berry’s new novel, “Marce Catlett: The Force of a Story” - www.frontporchrepublic.com/2025/10/reco...
Reconciling Art and Nature: Wendell Berry’s New Novel - Front Porch Republic
Wendell Berry has written a ninth Port William novel, and it is unlike any other in the set.
www.frontporchrepublic.com
October 24, 2025 at 2:25 PM
“Marce’s experience becomes a shared memory that reminds the Catletts who they are and ‘where’ they are.”
In Front Porch Republic, Ethan Mannon reviews Wendell Berry’s new novel, “Marce Catlett: The Force of a Story” - www.frontporchrepublic.com/2025/10/reco...
In Front Porch Republic, Ethan Mannon reviews Wendell Berry’s new novel, “Marce Catlett: The Force of a Story” - www.frontporchrepublic.com/2025/10/reco...
“Despite the fact that it builds on arguably ancient themes, Kurniawan’s words and Tucker’s translation are sudden, tight, and brimming with anger and passion.”
In Asymptote, Ria Dhull reviews Eka Kurniawan’s newly translated novella, “Love Never Dies” - www.asymptotejournal.com/blog/2025/10...
In Asymptote, Ria Dhull reviews Eka Kurniawan’s newly translated novella, “Love Never Dies” - www.asymptotejournal.com/blog/2025/10...
Violence and Devotion: A Review of Love Never Dies by Eka Kurniawan - Asymptote Blog
Kurniawan portrays heterosexual love at its patriarchal, misogynistic extreme.
www.asymptotejournal.com
October 23, 2025 at 2:56 PM
“Despite the fact that it builds on arguably ancient themes, Kurniawan’s words and Tucker’s translation are sudden, tight, and brimming with anger and passion.”
In Asymptote, Ria Dhull reviews Eka Kurniawan’s newly translated novella, “Love Never Dies” - www.asymptotejournal.com/blog/2025/10...
In Asymptote, Ria Dhull reviews Eka Kurniawan’s newly translated novella, “Love Never Dies” - www.asymptotejournal.com/blog/2025/10...
Palestinian author Ibrahim Nasrallah wins the 2026 Neustadt Prize - www.neustadtprize.org/2026-ibrahim...
2026 - Ibrahim Nasrallah - Neustadt Prizes
Winner of the 2026 Neustadt International Prize for Literature Ibrahim Nasrallah (b. 1954), winner of the Arabic Booker Prize (2018), was born in Amman, Jordan, in 1954 to Palestinian parents uprooted...
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October 22, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Palestinian author Ibrahim Nasrallah wins the 2026 Neustadt Prize - www.neustadtprize.org/2026-ibrahim...
“Throughout the novel, the narrator conceives of his work as a Driver not just literally but also literarily.”
In @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social, Eric Vanderwall reviews Mattia Filice’s newly translated novel, “Driver” - lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-...
In @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social, Eric Vanderwall reviews Mattia Filice’s newly translated novel, “Driver” - lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-...
The Knight of the Railways | Los Angeles Review of Books
Eric Vanderwall takes a ride with French author Mattia Filice’s debut novel “Driver,” newly translated by Jacques Houis.
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October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
“Throughout the novel, the narrator conceives of his work as a Driver not just literally but also literarily.”
In @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social, Eric Vanderwall reviews Mattia Filice’s newly translated novel, “Driver” - lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-...
In @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social, Eric Vanderwall reviews Mattia Filice’s newly translated novel, “Driver” - lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-...