A FLAME OUT AT SEA Dmitry Novikov, trans. Christopher Culver (Glagoslav) A Flame Out At Sea is full of neat character descriptions, and Novikov has an eye for effective metaphor. …
HARD TIMES Ostap Vyshnya, trans. Yuri Tkach (Glagoslav) Ostap Vyshnia’s Hard Times, a collection of short stories and satire from 1920s Ukraine, took me by surprise upon reading. Hugely popular …
Girls Be Good Bojan Babić, trans. Nataša Miljković (Glagoslav) Grim reading ahead. These 20 connected stories all detail the journey of 20 toy lemurs, built in a factory in Yugoslavia …
A BROWN MAN IN RUSSIA Vijay Menon (Glagoslav) A fairly short book, yet one where even the title of it intrigued this reader. Vijay Menon’s memoir provides an unrestricted look …
Death of the Snake Catcher Ak Welsapar, ed. By Richard Govett (Glagoslav Books) Death of the Snake Catcher is a collection of short stories written by Ak Welsapar, and features …