Michael Hingston’s The Dilettantes (2013)

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Perhaps Michael Hingston, like Alex, "wanted to find a way to make the culture sit still, even for a minute, so he could find a way to enjoy it for a little while longer". Freehand Books, 2013 The Dilettantes presses campus life between its pages. It makes it

Michael Hingston’s The Dilettantes (2013)2014-07-11T16:41:05-04:00

Sahar Delijani’s Children of the Jacaranda Tree (2013)

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A blindfolded woman in labour, in the back of a van that has left Evin Prison in Tehran. It's an un-put-down-able scene. Atria Books - Simon & Schuster, 2013 It's 1983, in the third year of the war with Iraq, but the fierce immediacy of the story pulls

Sahar Delijani’s Children of the Jacaranda Tree (2013)2014-05-13T09:11:22-04:00

Miranda Hill’s Sleeping Funny (2012)

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The title story of this collection, my favourite, "The Variance", is filled with so many details that it reads a little like a logic puzzle. (I like logic puzzles and short stories.) 2012; Doubleday - Random House, 2013 Sometimes the details have direct and practical significance, as with

Miranda Hill’s Sleeping Funny (2012)2014-03-23T08:07:13-04:00

Ayelet Tsabari’s The Best Place on Earth

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What sets Ayelet Tsabari's collection apart is the ever-present sense of motion in the stories, even when the characters themselves are struggling with a sense of inertia. Harper Collins, 2013 I know, I know: that sounds impossible. But even when the characters appear to be stagnant in some

Ayelet Tsabari’s The Best Place on Earth2014-03-20T21:31:22-04:00

Nadeem Aslam’s Season of the Rainbirds (1993)

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His literary biography is impressive at-a-glance. Even this, his first novel, was longlisted for the Booker Prize. Maps for Lost Lovers won the Kiriyama Prize. And he's received a Lannan Literary Fellowship. 1993; Anchor Canada - Random House of Canada, 2013 For readers, these are indications of quality,

Nadeem Aslam’s Season of the Rainbirds (1993)2014-03-20T21:22:03-04:00
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