Literary Radar

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

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.

Louise Glück, Remembered by Writers | THE NEW YORKER | 12/10/2023

Great writers commemorate the Nobel-winning poet.