This is going to be a post about the novels of Brazilian author and musician, Chico Buarque, but...
The Darkest Winter
In November 1944, in the worst winter ever known in Bologna, in the depths of the war, the...
The Unwomanly Face of War
"Why, having stood up for and held their own place in a once absolutely male world, have women not...
Two Women
As the German army prepares to enter Rome, widowed shopkeeper Cesira packs a few provisions, sews...
The Reprieve
It is September 1938 and during a heatwave Europe tensely awaits the outcome of the Munich...
Iron in the Soul
The third part of Sartre's trilogy, Roads to Freedom. June 1940 was the summer of defeat for the...
Homecoming
From the author of The Reader, a mesmerising tale of discovery, identity and forgiveness. When...
Austerlitz
In 1939, five-year-old Jacques Austerlitz is sent to England on a Kindertransport and placed with...
The Plague-Spreader’s Tale
Bufalino's first novel, written in 1950 but not published until 1981 after encouragement from...
Katalin Street
WINNER OF THE 2018 PEN TRANSLATION PRIZE Katalin Street is a heartwrenching tale about a group of...
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