Scattered All Over the Earth, Yoko Tawada
Welcome to the not-too-distant future: Japan, having vanished from the face of the earth, is now remembered as “the land of sushi.” Hiruko, its former … Read more
Category Archives: Cultural/Regional
Grey Bees, Andrey Kurkov
Little Starhorodivka, a village of three streets, lies in Ukraine’s Grey Zone, the no-man’s-land between loyalist and separatist forces. Thanks to the lukewarm war of … Read more
After the Dragons, Cynthia Zhang
Click here to return to the series The global novel exists, not as a genre separated from and opposed to other kinds of fiction, but … Read more
Indie Corner – Barbara Newman
Back to the Indie Corner series This month’s Indie Corner explores Barbara Newman’s The Dreamcatcher Codes. Barbara Newman always wanted to be a cowgirl. Growing up … Read more
The Beautiful and Dangerous Ecology in A Song of Ice and Fire
Click here to return to the series The global novel exists, not as a genre separated from and opposed to other kinds of fiction, but … Read more
A Snake Falls to Earth, Darcie Little Badger
Darcie Little Badger introduced herself to the world with Elatsoe. In A Snake Falls to Earth, she draws on traditional Lipan Apache storytelling structure to … Read more
Every Leaf a Hallelujah, Ben Okri
An environmental fairytale that speaks eloquently to the most pressing issues of our times. -Booker Prize-winning author of The Famished Road Ben Okri’s Every Leaf … Read more
Vultures of Paradise, Atulya Misra
From Rupa, the publisher: A story of greed, love and sacrifice narrated in the backdrop of a crippling human tragedy. Acclaimed author Atulya Misra tells … Read more
Riverflow, Alison Layland
After a beloved family member is drowned in a devastating flood, Bede and Elin Sherwell want nothing more than to be left in peace to … Read more
O Man of Clay, Eliza Mood (Review)
O Man of Clay by Eliza Mood ISBN: 978-1939269959 Publisher: Stairwell Books Publication date: December 2, 2019 Review by Mary Woodbury Ursula K. Le Guin … Read more
The Morning Star, Karl Ove Knausgård
Translated by Martin Aitken in 2021 and originally published in 2020, The Morning Star has received positive reviews in the media lately. From Penguin Random … Read more
The Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction 2021, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki et al.
The first ever Year’s Best African speculative fiction anthology with 2020 reprinted works from some of the most exciting voices, old and new. Short stories … Read more
Dew in the Morning, Shimmer Chinodya
Dew in the Morning is a tender, evocative novel of growing up, but in it we see the seeds of many issues which Chinodya will … Read more
Strange Beasts of China, Yan GE
The novel’s environmental ethos is also very much of the now, with numerous, vivid descriptions of urban decay competing with the natural world. As an … Read more
The Island of Missing Trees, Elif Shafak
In The Island of Missing Trees, prizewinning author Elif Shafak brings us a rich, magical tale of belonging and identity, love and trauma, memory and … Read more