March 2025 - Andrew Blackman

Reading

Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico

My thoughts on Vincenzo Latronico's beautiful novel about millennial expats in Berlin, recently longlisted for the International Booker Prize.

funes the memorious

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Borges Marathon, Part 18: Funes, His Memory

My thoughts on Funes, His Memory, aka Funes the Memorious, a short fiction by Jorge Luis Borges about a man with an…

Clear by Carys Davies

Reading

Reading Wales Month: Clear by Carys Davies

A church minister is sent to evict the last inhabitant of a remote island, but things don't go as planned.

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