The award-winning Japanese writer Hiromi Kawakami first came to prominence with her beautiful, meditative novella Strange Weather in Tokyo (tr. Allison Markin Powell), which was shortlisted for the 2014 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize (now merged with the International Booker). First published in Japanese in 2016 and translated into English in 2024, Under the Eye of the […]| JacquiWine's Journal
The critically acclaimed novelist, essayist and screenwriter Eileen Chang was one of the greatest chroniclers of Chinese life in the 20th century. In Love in a Fallen City, an insightful, exquisite…| JacquiWine's Journal
If you follow the International Booker Prize, the name Solvej Balle will be familiar to you. This critically acclaimed Danish writer scored a hit in the 1990s with According to the Law: Four Accoun…| JacquiWine's Journal
While the prolific Belgian writer Georges Simenon is probably best known for his Inspector Maigret novels, he also wrote many darker books, often referred to as his romans durs or ‘hard’ …| JacquiWine's Journal
The time of Cherries by Monrserrat Roig Catalan fiction Original title – El temps de les cireres Translator – Julia Sanches Source – Review copy I have been somewhat remiss with m…| Winstonsdad's Blog
