January Book Club By Hana Zittel Published Issue 085, January 2021 Breasts and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami Translated by Sam Bett and David Boyd (2020) The year 2020, despite all its tedious horrors and misery, did bring with it the positive arrival of an influx Japanese novels translated to English. Among these includes Mieko Kawakami’s […]
Book Club By Hana Zittel Published Issue 084, December 2020 Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart (2020) Sometimes, the greatest novels of the year can sneak up on you. Shuggie Bain is a debut from author Douglas Stuart published in February of 2020 that got lost in the fervor of the year we were about to
NOVEMBER BOOK CLUB By Hana Zittel Published Issue 083, November 2020 Temporary by Hilary Leichter (2020) Cast against the backdrop of the life of a temporary worker, Hilary Leichter has conjured up the kind of absurd novel that partly fills the huge holes left by the likes of early Thomas Pynchon. Her protagonist is a