After 2023’s Biography of X, I am a fully signed up member of the Catherine Lacey cult, and I cannot wait to read The Möbius Book, which is both her first foray into non-fiction and her latest foray into fiction – the kind experimentation in form that you’d hope for from one of the most exciting writers around.
Two debuts with unforgettable voices out this spring: Oliver Lovrenski’s Back in the Day is a doomed coming-of-age story following four friends navigating a brutal and chaotic world, told in an utterly believable voice – a remarkable novel, and a no less remarkable feat of translation by Nichola Smalley; and Wendy Erskine’s The Benefactors brilliantly captures not one, but an entire polyphony of Belfast voices, telling the story of a sexual assault and its impact on a community.
Also on my radar: Solvej Balle’s extraordinary seven-part series (or the first two volumes of it anyway), On the Calculation of Volume, in Barbara J. Haveland’s International Booker-shortlisted translation; Akshi Singh’s exploration of the work of psychoanalyst Marion Milner, In Defence of Leisure; Elisa Levi’s That’s All I Know, translated by Christina MacSweeney, which I’ve been told you will definitely go wild for if you love the films of Alice Rohrwacher (and I do); film critic Ryan Gilbey’s personal journey through queer cinema, It Used to Be Witches; and two reissues, Alexander Baron’s classic portrait of the underbelly of post-war London The Lowlife, and The Loft by Marlen Haushofer, author of the unforgettable The Wall.
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A genre-bending story about breaking - both of the heart and literary form itself - from the critically-acclaimed author of Biography of X.The sudden, devastating breakup of a relationship in the winter of 2021 left Catherine Lacey…
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Translated by Nichola SmalleyWINNER of the Oslo City Artist Prize and the Norwegian Booksellers PrizeSHORTLISTED for the Brage Award and the Tarjei Vesaas Debut PrizeTaut, lyrical and utterly gripping - a headrush of a debut novel…
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The darkly funny, and gripping debut novel from a literary star: three women from very different families are brought together when their sons are accused of assaulting a young woman whose social standing they see as far below their…
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Translated by Barbara J. HavelandLonglisted for the International Booker Prize 2025The first volume of the poetic, page-turning masterpiece about one woman's fall through the cracks of time.'A total explosion.' Nicole…
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Translated by Barbara J. HavelandThe second volume of the landmark European masterpiece about a woman lost in time.'Fantastic.' Karl Ove Knausgård'Miraculous.' The Cut'Unforgettable.' Hernan Díaz'Wonderful.' K Patrick'A…
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We all want more free time. But do we know how to use it?'Illuminating and thought-provoking' Darian Leader'Astounding, generous, and quietly exhilarating' Daisy LaFargeThe celebrated psychoanalyst Marion Milner lived for the entirety of…
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Translated from Spanish by Christina MacSweeneyA propulsive, bewitching novel about home and family, the ache of unrealised dreams and the quiet tragedy of unrequited love.Nineteen-year-old Lea is from a village that is out of time, out of…
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An authoritative celebration of the past, present and future of queer cinemaPlayfully blending personal memoir, criticism and candid new interviews with filmmakers from across the LGBTQ+ spectrum, Ryan Gilbey’s engaging and…
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One man gambles on not only the racing dogs but his life in this charismatic rediscovered Jewish post-war classic of London’s seedy underbelly, introduced by Iain Sinclair.Never give up hope before the dogs have crossed the…
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TRANSLATED BY AMANDA PRANTERAA weird, gripping novel about a woman sent to live alone in a forest, from Marlen Haushofer, master of sustained dread and author of the cult classic, The Wall.An Austrian housewife sits in her loft intent…
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