Literature

Makanin’s Asan: Dark myth of in Chechnia

Asan is less a book about Russia's Chechen battles and more of an unsatisfied, jittery novel that shows how war pushes participants

Coincidence and Miracle: Baron Wenckheim’s Homecoming by László Krasznahorkai

László Krasznahorkai's latest novel, War & War, follows his greatest texts, blending perspectives and enunciations to create a humorous universe with a

From father to son, immutable violence – on The son of the man by Jean-Baptiste Del Amo

The Son of Man depicts violence transmitted from person to person without denouncing the paternal figure.

Punk, literature and the Fall: Mark E. Smith

A dead punk's literary influences.

The punk rock politics of Joe Strummer

The punk rock politics of Joe Strummer takes the reader on a journey through the political influences and motivations that defined one

Clifford Harper: What is Government?

An extract from the anarchist graphics of Clifford Harper. (Text: Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, Confessions of a Revolutionary, 1849)

Mircea Cărtărescu to Receive Guadalajara’s Literature Prize

The 2022 edition of Guadalajara fair’s top literary award goes to the Bucharest-born Mircea Cărtărescu.

[Antonio Lobo Antunes] Incest and dictators

Act of the Damned offers readers another another look at Antunes' complex, vile brilliance.

[Louis-Ferdinand Céline] Here comes the War

Louis-Ferdinand Céline's Guerre [War] published in Gallimard's Blanche collection.