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Finding the monster ‘Frankenstein in Baghdad’ by Ahmed Saadawi
Mary’s Shelly’s ‘Frankenstein‘ tells of a monster created by a hubristic scientist out of scavenged, beautiful body parts in a doomed attempt to demonstrate human ingenuity. The result was an abomination who has nonetheless gone on to capture the hearts … Continue reading
Musings on Time and Space: ‘Flights’ by Olga Tokarczuk
With its beautiful stark blue cover, the Fitzcarraldo Edition of ‘Flights’ doesn’t give away much about the book’s content. The blub, starting with the sentence ‘Flights, a novel about travel in the twenty-first century and human anatomy, is Olga Tokarczuk’s … Continue reading
First read from the Man Booker International Prize longlist: ‘The Impostor’ by Javier Cercas
It’s that time of year again: the Women’s Prize for Fiction longlist was announced (16 books and the only one I’ve read so far is The Ministry of Utmost Happiness), followed immediately by the Man Booker International Prize longlist (13 … Continue reading