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Spring by Ali Smith

It is May, still spring, I‘m sure, and I am ready to discuss the third instalment of Ali Smith’s seasonal quartet. This week, we have...

White Teeth by Zadie Smith

Archie Jones and Samad Iqbal have been best friends since their adventures during World War II, though none of their friends and family...

Lost in Translation: Life in a New Language by Eva Hoffman

In 1959, when Eva Hoffman was just 13 years old, her family decided to turn their back on the prevalent anti-Semitism in Poland and...

The Good Immigrant by Nikesh Shukla

What does it mean to have to change your name for your classmates to be able to pronounce and remember it? How does it feel to be...

Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

The family Gifty remembers from early childhood is a family of four, that quickly became a family of three and way too soon was cut into...

Voices of the Lost by Hoda Barakat

Five letters that will never reach their destination, written by five unnamed people who come from an unnamed, war-torn country form the...

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

Yaa Gyasi’s stunning debut novel Homegoing traces the story of a Ghanaian family as it plays out both in the Asante region and in...

Fiction and Non-Fiction by Chinua Achebe

Last week I read both an essay collection and a novel by the celebrated Nigerian author Chinua Achebe. Africa’s Tarnished Name is a...

Un Tempo Gentile di Milena Agus

English version below Un Tempo Gentile di Milena Agus è ambientato in un piccolo paese della Sardegna contadina, dimenticata e isolata....

Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

After loving Half of a Yellow Sun, I was eager to read more of this wonderful, intelligent woman who made me fall in love with Nigeria...

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