Tag: Colonialism

Advance Review Copy, Fiction, Translation

The Meursault Investigation: A Novel by Kamel Daoud, translated from French by John Cullen

Title:  The Meursalt Investigation Author:  Kamel Daoud Translator:  John Cullen Publisher:  Other Press, New York (2015) ISBN:  978 1 59051 751 2 When L’Étranger was translated into English and published as The Stranger in the United States in 1946 two articles appeared in the NY Times. The first was a fawning profile of Camus, hailing him as the “Apostle of Post-Liberation France”. In the second … Continue reading The Meursault Investigation: A Novel by Kamel Daoud, translated from French by John Cullen

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100 Pages, Fiction, Literary Awards

100 Pages – Happily setting aside Chef by Jaspreet Singh

I started this series – 100 Pages – for the books I can’t finish, but which I still think might have merit.  Chef, shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best Book, falls into that category.  I received my copy through LibraryThing’s Early Reviewer program. So let’s rip off this band-aid quickly. Kirpal “Kip” Singh, the novel’s narrator, is dying of a brain tumor.  Kip  … Continue reading 100 Pages – Happily setting aside Chef by Jaspreet Singh

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