class=”aligncenter size-full wp-image-1605″ /> Ciuleandra Liviu REBREANU translated by Gabi Reigh Written in the interwar period and published in 1927, this psychological thriller has captured the imagination of Romanian readers ever since. The book begins with a murder, as Puiu, a young aristocrat, strangles his wife on the night of the royal ball. To avoid […]
The Sorrow of Miles Franklin beneath Mount Kajmakčalan Ivan ČAPOVSKI translated by Paul Filev In the latter years of World War I, renowned Australian writer Miles Franklin travels to the Macedonian Front, joining as a nurse at the Scottish Women’s Hospital near Mt. Kajmakčalan. Soldiers from many nations surge across a Macedonia that has been […]
Arkham Nights Glynn Owen Barrass & Ron Shiflet Trevor and Barnes… two tough survivors of The Great War. They meet in the darkness of Arkham, friends at first sight: I was pleased to see Towers grab the fallen gun and then stunned as he aimed it at me! “You ungrateful asshole!” I yelled. “What’s the […]
Beyond the Mountains of Madness Edited by Robert M. Price Antarctica… a frozen wasteland of penguins, blinding ice and snow, and blizzards to kill the unprepared in minutes. But it is an ancient land, with ancient secrets, mysteries that humanity is only beginning to glimpse. HP Lovecraft introduced the world to the terrifying reality of […]
In the Court of the Yellow King Edited by Glynn Owen Barrass There was once a play with the power to drive the reader mad… or to transport him into a bizarre world of Carcosa, and the King in Yellow. Banned, burned, yet never totally destroyed, the play lives on, eating away the fabric of […]
Compartments Zoran ŽIVKOVIĆ translated by Alice Copple-Tošić On a strange train journey, in a series of six compartments, a traveller experiences unpredictable encounters, culminating in a meeting of epiphanic power. Through a narrative of dreamlike sharpness Compartments taps into the fears and absurdities, the beauties and mysteries of the unconscious mind, to achieve a consummation […]
The Narcissism of Death Svetozar SAVIĆ translated by Vuk Tošić Once again Zivkovic demonstrates the sheer power of storytelling in this complex cycle of interlocking narratives. Like one of Escher’s drawings, the narrative threads lead one through a dizzying labyrinth of recurring themes, images and characters, all of whom are linked with elegant mathematical precision: […]
Escher’s Loops Zoran ŽIVKOVIĆ translated by Alice Copple-Tošić Once again Zivkovic demonstrates the sheer power of storytelling in this complex cycle of interlocking narratives. Like one of Escher’s drawings, the narrative threads lead one through a dizzying labyrinth of recurring themes, images and characters, all of whom are linked with elegant mathematical precision: God and […]
The Writer & The Ghostwriter Zoran ŽIVKOVIĆ translated by Alice Copple-Tošić The Writer: A Very Short Novel, without Chapters, about Writing and Darkness Where does all the writing come from? Is it divine inspiration, a bolt of lightning that reveals a whole new work in a single glimpse, or a unique gift granted by demonic […]
The Image Interpreter Zoran ŽIVKOVIĆ translated by Randall A. Major In a carriage of the Paris metro, nine people cross paths one ordinary Friday morning: a retired office worker who comes there purely to read; a tourist revisiting the memories of sixty years ago; a funeral mourner who has discovered the beauty of cemeteries; an […]