Category Archives: review

Review: The Coincidence Makers by Yoav Blum

translated from the Hebrew by Ira Moskowitz original publication (in Hebrew): 2011 this edition: St. Martin’s Press, 2018 grab a copy here or through your local independent bookstore or library “First of all, you are secret agents…Your existence is regular and continuous, like any human being…with the help of the tools you receive in this

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Review: I Was Alive Here Once: Ghost Stories

translated from the Korean, Arabic, Polish, Japanese, Uzbek, Icelandic, Swahili, and Thai Two Lines Press, 2026 216 pages grab a copy here or through your local independent bookstore or library Contents: “A Swamp’s Love” by Cho Yeeun, tr from the Korean by Giulia Ratti “The Magic Bin” by Wajdi Al-Ahdal, tr from the Arabic by

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Review: Centroeuropa by Vicente Luis Mora

translated from the Spanish by Rahul Bery original publication (in Spanish): 2020 first English edition: Peninsula Press, 2023 this edition: Bellevue Literary Press, 2026 192 pages grab a copy here or through your local independent bookstore or library Centroeuropa reminds me of a series of books I’ve been reading lately, namely Danish author Solvej Balle’s

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Review: This’ll Make Things a Little Easier by Attila Veres

translated from the Hungarian by the author Valancourt Books, 2026 grab a copy here or through your local independent bookstore or library Contents: “‘a pit full of teeth’” “Transistor” “The Designated Contact Individual” “Damage d10+7” “The Summer I Chose to Die” “This’ll Make Things a Little Easier” (originally published in English here) * I’m not

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