magical realism

Book review : Things they lost by Okwiri Oduor
Review : Things They Lost by Okwiri Oduor

I love books with houses, and fictional towns with a close sense of community. In…

Book Review: Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
Nine Multi Generational Family Sagas that are Compelling Reads

Family sagas are always tempting to read, especially when they span …

Book of M, Suicide Club
Debut Novels about Shadowless people and Immortality

The Book of M and Suicide Club have been noteworthy debuts of…

Some Possible Solutions by Helen Philips
Some Possible Solutions by Helen Philips : When You are in the Mood for Bizarre Stories

Some Possible Solutions is a collection of 18 short stories that are strange, unsettling and often…

Book review : These Circuses that Sweep Through the Landscape by Tejaswini Apte-Rahm
Book Review: These Circuses that Sweep Through the Landscape by Tejaswini Apte-Rahm

A man is obsessed with collecting beetles. Four friends…

Book Review : Men without Women by Haruki Murakami
Men Without Women : A ‘Murakami-esque’ collection about loneliness, men and women

Men Without Women is a collection of seven short stories by Murakami, translated …

Book Review : Difficult Women by Roxanne Gay
Difficult Women by Roxanne Gay – The Women who will Survive

A collection of 21 short stories that talk about difficult women, often called ‘crazy’…

They were like Family to me by Helen Maryles Shankman
They were Like Family To me by Helen Maryles Shankman – Stories of War, Humans and Magic

Blending reality and folklore in the lives of the residents of Wlodawa, a Polish town,…

The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey – Atmospheric and Magical Tale set in Alaska

Mabel and Jack are a childless couple. They move to the untamed Alaskan …