@stujallen @GaiaBird1 Thanks for sharing my post on I Don't Care.
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David Hebblethwaite
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David Hebblethwaite
@David_Heb
Adventures in reading, small publishers and fiction in translation especially. Yorkshireman down south.
Berkshire, UK Beigetreten Haziran 2009
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For @stujallen's Hungarian Lit Month, I have read "I Don't Care", a story collection by Ágota Kristóf (tr. Chris Andrews). I found it as ostensibly spare, and as deeply felt, as her Notebook Trilogy. More thoughts at the link below.
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For @strangehorizons, I've been working on a review of A Granite Silence, Nina Allan's fascinating examination of a historical crime as a network of jostling stories (@riverrunbooks). The review went online yesterday - link in the post below.
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I have a new review up at @strangehorizons! Dengue Boy by Michel Nieva (tr. Rahul Bery, pub. @serpentstail), a novel that destroys itself with the most gleeful abandon. Link in next post...
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We on the shadow panel have chosen our winner of the #InternationalBooker2025, in advance of tomorrow's official announcement. We chose On the Calculation of Volume I by Solvej Balle (tr. Barbara J. Haveland, pub. @FaberBooks). More info at the link below...
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From the #InternationalBooker2025 longlist: Small Boat by Vincent Delecroix (tr. Helen Stevenson, pub. @hoperoadpublish). I found this a powerful experience.
davidsbookworld.com/2025/04/07/int…
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Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico (tr. Sophie Hughes): short novel about a young ex-pat couple searching for the perfect life. I particularly like the way it embodies its own theme, skating over the surface of what it depicts. Book 2/13 read from #InternationalBooker2025.
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My first stop on the #InternationalBooker2025 longlist: A Leopard-Skin Hat by Anne Serre (tr. Mark Hutchinson, pub. @LolliEditions), a poignant novel of friendship. Link below...
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Recent reading: The Bridge Between Worlds by @gavinfranc (pub. @canongatebooks). A fascinating tour of bridges and what they mean, combining history, geography, memoir, culture, and more besides.
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My favourite books read in 2024: featuring Jeffrey Lewis, Hiroko Oyamada, Helene Hanff and Noémi Kiss-Deáki.
davidsbookworld.com/2024/12/30/a-s…