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 A meandering look at love, culture-shock, and anecdotal history: “American Fairy Tales” by Dato Turashvili

A meandering look at love, culture-shock, and anecdotal history: “American Fairy Tales” by Dato Turashvili

July 26, 2023

Xandie (Alexandra) Kuenning reviews "American Fairy Tales," a semi-fictional account of Dato Turashvili's experiences in the United States

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 The ins and outs of a hotel full of monarchs, spies, and refugees: “Estoril” by Dejan Tiago-Stanković

The ins and outs of a hotel full of monarchs, spies, and refugees: “Estoril” by Dejan Tiago-Stanković

July 18, 2023

Xandie (Alexandra) Kuenning reviews "Estoril," a Serbian novel about spycraft, exile, and family in neutral Portugal during World War II

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 A poetic depiction of a post-Soviet experience: “Border State” by Emil Tode

A poetic depiction of a post-Soviet experience: “Border State” by Emil Tode

July 6, 2023

Baltics regional editor Maja Soomägi reviews "Border State," a fascinating and poetic read of a changing Europe in the 1990s

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 The importance of music in healing the soul: “A Life’s Music” by Andreï Makine

The importance of music in healing the soul: “A Life’s Music” by Andreï Makine

May 31, 2023

Xandie (Alexandra) Kuenning reviews "A Life's Music," Andreï Makine's novella exploring music and the Soviet condition

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 As Good as it Gets: reviewing Vladimir Lorchenkov’s The Good Life Elsewhere

As Good as it Gets: reviewing Vladimir Lorchenkov’s The Good Life Elsewhere

February 25, 2022

Amanda Sonesson reviews Vladimir Lorchenkov's dark and humorous novel The Good Life Elsewhere.

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 The Unsentimentality of Childhood: reviewing The Pear Field by Nana Ekvtimishvili

The Unsentimentality of Childhood: reviewing The Pear Field by Nana Ekvtimishvili

November 19, 2021

Katherine Leung reviews the debut novel by Georgian director and filmmaker Nana Ekvtimishvili and is overcome by sadness as she finishes the last pages of a powerful and moving story set in a [...]

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 Hearing Kazakhstan: Talasbek Asemkulov’s A Life at Noon and the words between the music

Hearing Kazakhstan: Talasbek Asemkulov’s A Life at Noon and the words between the music

March 31, 2021

"The author’s passion for music and culture is enough for the novel to deliver a fascinating portrait of Kazak culture and a definitive record of the words between the music".

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 Reviewing Killing Auntie by Andrzej Bursa

Reviewing Killing Auntie by Andrzej Bursa

January 15, 2021

The first and only novel of Andrzej Bursa, Killing Auntie tells the absurd story of a character who is all too familiar to a young reader (until the parricide) – he is at the encore of [...]

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 Somebody I Used to Know? Reviewing Woe from Wit: A Verse Comedy in Four Acts

Somebody I Used to Know? Reviewing Woe from Wit: A Verse Comedy in Four Acts

November 9, 2020

While reading the introduction to Alexander Griboedov’s Woe from Wit, I have come to the conclusion that if the term “woke” existed and could have been applicable to 18th century Russia, this [...]

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 The Present, Tense: reviewing Rock, Paper, Scissors by Maxim Osipov

The Present, Tense: reviewing Rock, Paper, Scissors by Maxim Osipov

July 30, 2020

Louis Train review Rock, Paper, Scissors: "a master-class in noticing."

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