Literary Radar
Articles, book reviews, literary critiques and journalistic reports around books on local and international media.
‘I Was Done With All the Silences’: How an Academic Got Personal in ‘Notes to Self’ | The New York Times | 30/06/2019
Reviewing Emilie Pine's "Notes to Self"
How Many Copies Did Famous Books Sell in the First Year? | Literary Hub | 25/06/2019
Book publishing can be tricky. Some of the classics we know and love today were instant bestsellers when they were originally published, and some were huge flops.
What Was Hemingway Doing in Cuba During World War II? | Literary Hub | 24/06/2019
We take a closer look to 'The Untold Story of Hemingway in Revolutionary Cuba'
Five places to visit in Barcelona| The New York Times | 21/06/2019
L'autor Carlos Ruiz Zafón ofereix una petita guia de viatge a la seva ciutat natal, amb un tó més fosc en alguns dels llocs familiars.
Faber & Faber: by Toby Faber review – the untold story of a publishing giant | The Guardian | 20/06/2019
Reviewing the history of a great publishing house that turned down Ulysses and Animal Farm, but still shaped 20th-century literature.
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A Library Thrives, Quietly, in One of Pakistan’s Gun Markets | The New York Times | 18/06/2019
The Darra Adam Khel Library, less than a year old and with more then 2,500 books, offers residents a respite from the arms bazaar that dominates local life.