‘Colonialism obviously transformed everything, and in that process you can find good aspects,’ says Gurnah. The National, September 2020 When Abdulrazak Gurnah was growing up in 1950s Zanzibar, he was told stories of the First […]
Ocean Vuong explores family trauma, ex-goalkeeper Neville Southall reveals all and Robert Saviano goes back to the mob. The Observer, September 2020 On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous Ocean VuongVintage, £8.99, pp256 (paperback) The central idea […]
Her Booker Prize-longlisted novel is hard to pin down, but that’s why it’s brilliant. The National, September 2020 The classic images of the American “Wild West,” of horse towns, savage yet beautiful landscapes and dastardly […]
The writer’s extensive historical research leads to a nuanced novel about Benghazi’s complicated experience with slavery. Hadara, September 2020 When the Libyan academic and writer Najwa Bin Shatwan was studying the history of her country, […]
When Alexander Kristoff pulled on the first yellow jersey of this year’s delayed Tour de France, he called it a “dream come true”. The next day, as Julian Alaphilippe won on the Promenade Des Anglais […]