Both The Hanging of Angélique and Black Indians discuss what is not commonly discussed, what has been habitually overlooked, what has been deliberately concealed. They are the sort of non-fiction that compels readers to nudge and/or wake those around them, with a stream of indignant DidYouKnow's and CanYouBelieve's. HarperCollins, 2006 Afua
Dany Laferrière's The Return (2009) Translated by David Homel Douglas & McIntyre, 2011 David Homel says that he has translated Dany Laferrière's work so often now that he knows how he ticks, knows his schtick, knows his voice so well that he has avoided translating anyone else for awhile. Perhaps that's
Stacey May Fowles’ Be Good Tightrope Books, 2007 The substance of this passage, from the early pages of Stacey May Fowles’ first novel, could as easily have been pulled from one of Lynn Coady’s stories, or from Darren Greer’s Still Life with June: “Life is a series of painful, tragic,
Elizabeth Vonarburg's Reluctant Voyagers (1995) Trans. from the French Jane Brierley Does sci-fi reading use a different muscle? If so, mine is out of practice. And no wonder. With exception of a handful of fantasy novels and one speculative fiction novel, I've been decidedly rooted in realism this reading year.
Doug Harris, You Comma Idiot Gooselane Editions, 2010 - You are the kind of reader who doesn't mind being addressed as you. For more than 300 pages. - You have no fundamental objections to any of the following words appearing in a story: ass, itching, shitty, dick, bitches, fuck, hell,
