In ‘Girlfriend on Mars’ a RomCom Competes with Climate Change
Girlfriend on Mars equips itself nicely on the climate change front, but subsuming that narrative and the tensions within it into the love story redirects the novel’s orbit.
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Hypochondria Sets the Rules for ‘Here Is a Game We Could Play’
Hypochondria, obsession, and confusion set the rules for a love affair in Jenny Bitner’s excellent debut novel, Here Is a Game We Could Play.
Debut Novel ‘The Wild Hunt’ Sets a Celtic Legend on the Loose
The uncontrollable violence of the natural and the supernatural in Celtic Legend take to the wing in Emma Seckel’s debut novel The Wild Hunt.
In ‘All Your Children, Scattered’ a Rwandan Family Picks Up the Pieces Post-Genocide
Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse’s All Your Children, Scattered, is a compact, trance-like meditation on the unintended effects of love and survival in the Rwandan diaspora.
Debut Novel ‘Older Brother’ Straddles France, Syria, and Sibling Suspicions
In Mahir Guven’s debut novel, Older Brother, a young Frenchman’s return to his country from war-torn Syria derails his older brother’s life.
Identity, Geography, and an Overload of Nostalgia in My Mother’s Son
My Mother's Son could have been an unforgettable and evocative portrait of a lost era.
‘Little Disasters’ Skillfully Sifts Through the Ruins
Klein clearly wants readers to avoid casting moral judgment on his characters and understand that circumstances can make people react in many surprising ways.
Eimear McBride’s Debut Novel Is a Polarizing Experience
Eimer McBride’s debut novel A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing is the literary equivalent of a shot of blackest espresso: sharp, jolting, and acidic.