Translated fiction is not a genre. Why do bookshops tell us it is?
Translated fiction is not a genre. It is illogical and unhelpful to suggest otherwise.
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Has Alexei Sayle managed that rare thing – a smart, funny comedy memoir?
Despite its “zany” title, Thatcher Stole My Trousers is a provocative and original look back at Sayle’s life.
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The novels that taught me what to think about royals
Richard III was innocent, Mary I was hard done by, and it really wasn’t fair that they shot Anastasia.
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The HH Podcast, episode 6: The Great Forgetting
The Hidden Histories podcast.
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SRSLY #44: The Argonauts, Jane the Virgin, 20 Feet From Stardom
This week on the pop culture podcast, we chat Maggie Nelson’s genre-defying memoir The Argonauts, TV series Jane the Virgin and the…
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SRSLY #39: The A Word, Crocodile on the Sandbank, Luther
On the pop culture podcast this week: BBC drama The A Word, the first novel in Barbara Mertz’ Amelia Peabody series and…
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SRSLY #38: Zayn’s Mind of Mine, Zootropolis, The Magicians
On the pop culture podcast this week: Zayn’s first solo album Mind of Mine, Disney animated film Zootropolis and Lev Grossman’s magical thriller The…
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Reader, I stalked him: on Charlotte Brontë in her bicentenary year
A look at the time Charlotte Brontë spent in Brussels revelas a study in creative obsession.
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