Ali Villaverde – Feud
Feud is a new translation and telling of Vicente Blasco Ibáñez‘s La Barraca by Ali Villaverde. The fictional drama is set in 1887 on the plains near Valencia. Batiste Borrull… Read more »
Tag: Historical fiction
Laura Carlin – Requiem for a Knave
Set in the Middle Ages using a lot of ancient English vocabulary, Requiem for a Knave by Laura Carlin cost me some time to really get accustomed to. Until 20%… Read more »
Paulette Mahurin – A Different Kind of Angel
The latest novel by Paulette Mahurin, A Different Kind of Angel, was inspired by real events chronicled by a journalist for The World News, Elizabeth Cochrane (pen name, Nellie Bly),… Read more »
Tom Seigel – The Astronaut’s Son
In 2005 Jonathan Stein has two missions to complete. The first one is well on its way: to return to the Moon as the first man back in three decades…. Read more »
Dave Eggers – De monnik van Mokka
Mokhtar Alkhanshali groeit op in achterstandswijken van San Francisco, wisselend van studie en een baantje als portier, dromend van echt wat willen bereiken. Zijn Jemenitische afkomst verloochent hij niet en… Read more »