International fiction
The Passenger & Stella Maris by Cormac McCarthy
It is more than 15 years since Cormac McCarthy’s last novel was published, and for those of the faith the reward is rich indeed. Not one, but two novels published simultaneously in this, his 89th year.
In The Passenger…
Best of Friends by Kamila Shamsie
You are not just in safe hands with Women’s Prize winner Kamila Shamsie, you are in the hands of an artist. Her prose is seamless, her plotting propulsive and her characters are cleverly and richly drawn.
In Best of Friends…
She and Her Cat by Makoto Shinkai, Naruki Nagakawa & Ginny Tapley Takemori (trans.)
She and Her Cat is a collection of Japanese short stories centred around the power of connection one can have with their pets. In classic Japanese style, it evokes a slice-of-life feeling. While reading this book, I felt as if…
Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout
I don’t know about you, but Elizabeth Strout’s character Lucy Barton speaks to me and for me. And by that, I mean, her inner dialogue matches my own thought processes so often that reading about her is like sitting down…
The Unfolding by A.M. Homes
The Big Guy is a smooth talker, a networker, and he’s got a plan to take back control of his country. It’s the 2008 American presidential election, and the Big Guy’shorse, John McCain, has lost the race to Barack Obama…
The Book of Goose by Yiyun Li
Meet Fabienne and Agnès, the heroines of The Book of Goose and a pair of adolescent, antisocial girls in 1950s rural France. The two best friends start a game of writing a booktogether, where Fabienne comes up with the story…
Liberation Day by George Saunders
I admit, I have never read George Saunders, which makes me some sort of short-story philistine I believe, and I love short stories. So, I am afraid I cannot compare this collection to his previous works. What I can tell…
Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng
Anyone familiar with the work of Celeste Ng knows to expect complex and heartfelt family stories cleverly intertwined with thought-provoking commentary about race and socio-economic differences. The premise for Our Missing Hearts seems simple. The national security law PACT has…
We Spread by Iain Reid
Canadian author Iain Reid’s early novels, I’m Thinking of Ending Things and Foe, introduced an exciting new voice in suspenseful, atmospheric genre fiction, with both titles already adapted for the screen. His third novel, We Spread, is another masterful…
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
Barbara Kingsolver reimagines and recaptures the soul and spirit of Charles Dickens’ David Copperfield in her breathtaking new novel set in modern Southern Appalachia, USA. Damon (quickly nicknamed Demon) was never destined to live an easy life. Born to a…
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