Literary Radar

Articles, book reviews, literary critiques and journalistic reports around books on local and international media.

David Diop wins International Booker for ‘frightening’ At Night All Blood Is Black | THE GUARDIAN | 02/06/2021

David Diop has become the first French novelist to win the International Booker Prize.

 

An Invigorating Novel About Faith, Family and Falling From Grace | THE NEW YORK TIMES | 25/05/2021

Monica West's 'Revival Season' takes readers under the big tent of Southern Baptist life.

 

The Novel That Elizabeth Spencer Wanted to Be Remembered For | THE NEW YORKER | 20/05/2021

The autor belived that her most important work was 'The Voice At The Back Door'.

 

When an Apparition of Virginia Woolf Interrupts Your Writing Process

Rachel Eisendrath: "She had taken hold of my manuscript. And she was looking down at it."

 

What We Find When We Get Lost in Proust | The New Yorker | 03/05/2021

There are six Marcel Prousts. Let's meet them.

 

Ali Smith: ‘Hope is a tightrope across a ravine | The Guardian | 01/05/2021

The celebrated author talks about writing to the calendar, our new Dickensian age, and how she once imagined she'd become a refuse collector.