Shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize 2017 Mirror, Shoulder, Signal is Dorthe Nors' fifth novel. Translated from the Danish, this story follows a forty year old woman attempting to take control of her life Nors' protagonist, Sonja, seems to be reevaluating her life following a break up. She wants so badly to pass her driving test … Continue reading Book Review: Mirror, Shoulder, Signal by Dorthe Nors
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Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2016 and with a cover like that how could I resist this book? David Means is best known for his short stories and this is his first novel which was hotly anticipated. Hystopia is a story within a story. We first read accounts of people who knew the fictional … Continue reading Book Review: Hystopia by David Means
Shortlisted for both the Man Booker and Goldsmith prizes this year, Hot Milk by Deborah Levy was sharply on my radar to read. I have not yet read Levy's other books and so I was coming to this book fresh and willing to meet a new author to love. Levy introduces us to Sofia, our … Continue reading Book Review: Hot Milk by Deborah Levy
I was lucky enough to attend this year's Man Booker Shortlist readings the day before the winner was announced at the Southbank Centre in London. I had read three out of the six shortlisted books at this point: All That Man Is, Hot Milk and His Bloody Project and I was looking forward to hearing from Thein (Do … Continue reading Book Event: Man Booker Shortlist 2016 Readings 25 October 2016
Winner of the Man Booker International Prize 2016 and deservedly so. I loved, loved, LOVED this novella. Every sentence was loaded with such intent. Not one word was wasted. Barely 200 pages and one of the most evocative and powerful books I have ever read. Without being facetious the book essentially is about a woman … Continue reading Book Review: The Vegetarian by Han Kang
Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2016, All That Man Is was a surprising choice as it seems to be a bo ok of short stories interwoven by some tenuous links which don't appear until right at the end of the book. Szalay essentially runs through a man's life by looking at nine different men … Continue reading Book Review: All That Man Is by David Szalay
