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

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

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

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

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

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 [...]

"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".

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 [...]

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 [...]

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