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The Portrait by Antoine Laurain

The Portrait by Antoine Laurain

by Addison Fleming | Jun 14, 2018 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), General Fiction

Pierre-François Chaumont has always considered himself a collector; his favorite destination the auction house across the street from his place of work. When he discovers the pièce de résistance for his collection, a painting with an uncanny resemblance to himself, he...
Otared by Mohammad Rabie

Otared by Mohammad Rabie

by Stephen Febick | Apr 10, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Horror, Mystery, Crime & Thriller

Mohammad Rabie’s Otared is a novel built on hardships and the detachment that it creates. It’s a look at poverty and struggle in Egypt in AD 2025 as citizens seek out existence in Cairo’s war-torn landscape. Otared’s matter of fact tone and simply put depictions of...
Thus Bad Begins by Javier Marias, translated by Margaret Jull Costa

Thus Bad Begins by Javier Marias, translated by Margaret Jull Costa

by Philip Rafferty | Feb 22, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), General Fiction, Mystery, Crime & Thriller

Javier Marias is the author of more than a dozen novels and his Your Face Tomorrow trilogy has been lauded by some as the greatest European work of the 21st century. Marias’ work is always a high literary endeavor, Marias himself an anglophile who got into the...
Land of Love and Ruins by Oddný Eir, translated by Philip Roughton

Land of Love and Ruins by Oddný Eir, translated by Philip Roughton

by Mary-Lynne Monroe | Oct 28, 2016 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), General Fiction

[alert variation=”alert-info”]Publisher: Restless Books Formats: Paperback, eBook Purchase: Powell’s | Amazon | IndieBound | iBooks[/alert] Occasionally, the translation of an international book captures the beauty and nuance one imagines to be that...

Killer Deal by Sofie Sarenbrant, translated by Paul Norlen

by Howard Leighton | May 5, 2016 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Mystery, Crime & Thriller

[alert variation=”alert-info”]Publisher: Stockholm Text Formats: Paperback, eBook, Kindle Purchase: Powell’s | Amazon | iBooks[/alert] The house Astrid has known for her entire life of six years is being sold by her mother, Cornelia Garansson. They...
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