December 2024

Confession of a Killing

A short story from Bangladesh – translated from Bangla into English by Mohammad Shafiqul Islam

Still Today

Family trees are an endlessly interesting subject for many, but a look at the different language families is equally as informative

We were all sleeping

In his Booker Prize-winning "Prophet Song", Paul Lynch succeeds in transforming our fragile political present into a bleak vision more relevant than many political treatises

Forgotten endings

What do we remember if not islands? In literature, film and real life too. And it's not only the narrative that matters.

Horror, comfort and hope

More and more people fear that humanity is facing the collapse of civilization due to climate change and other crises. Some books can help us to better understand what may be in store for us

Every day, I leave behind a bird

A story about wounds of identity in Lebanon and in exile

On Not Reading Rizal

How Misunderstanding is Essential to the Longevity of Two Filipino Literary Masterpieces

Journey into the heart of a toxic relationship

In "Der Teufelsgriff" (The Devil's Grip) Lina Wolff masterfully tells the story of an "amour fou" between a Swedish woman and an Italian man in Florence

Harare's New Literary Mecca

The Harare International Literary Festival not only shakes hands with writers, poets, academics and a former spy. It also fills a gaping void

Unwanted misfortune

Tash Aw's memoir "Strangers on a Pier" is an illuminating and touching document about the search for family and national identity in times of migration