Literary Radar
Articles, book reviews, literary critiques and journalistic reports around books on local and international media.
The Revolutionary Temper by Robert Darnton review – a nation at breaking point | THE GUARDIAN | 22/11/2023
The intrigues and extravagance that led to the French revolution.
The Best Reviewed Books of the Week | LITERARY HUB | 17/11/2023
Michael Cunningham’s Day, Benjamin Taylor’s Chasing Bright Medusas: A Life of Willa Cather, and Claire Keegan’s So Late in the Day all feature among the Best Reviewed Books of the Week.
The Novelist Who Inspired Elena Ferrante | THE NEW YORKER | 08/11/2023
In the almost eight hundred pages that make up “Lies and Sorcery,” Elsa Morante wrote about women’s lives without apology or fear of ugliness.
John Burnside wins the 2023 David Cohen prize for amazing body of work | THE GUARDIAN | 05/11/2023
‘He casts a spell with language of great beauty, power, lyricism and truthfulness’ said judging chair Hermione Lee of the poet and novelist.
Nobel prize winner Jon Fosse: ‘It took years before I dared to write again’ | THE GUARDIAN | 28/10/2023
An interview with the Nobel in literatura prize winner.
The Stubborn Mysteries of Lou Reed | THE NEW YORKER | 16/10/2023
A new biography offers an inconclusive portrait of the rock-and-roll shape-shifter.