Promising debut novels, Korean translations and Hanya Yanagihara's 'A Little Life' follow-up (!!!).
, is a similarly sensory portrait of the city, set in a dizzyingly surreal Glasgow. Its young protagonist is left to contend with angels, devils and windy draughts of empty flats in the city's condemned tower blocks., asks 2022's quintessential question: just how much fuckery is too much fuckery? Following the titular, freewheeling fuccboi around Philly, one year into Trump's presidency, the novel examines modern manhood, the gig economy and the hypocrisy of political promises.
, a sweaty, sticky mosh pit of a novel. Set in north London's music venues, pubs and NHS therapy rooms, 22-year-old Noah is torn between relationships with two older men while trying to escape his own oppressive mind., Xochitl Gonzalez dissects the American Dream. Set during the deadly hurricane that devastated Puerto Rico in 2017, two siblings -- figureheads in their Latinx neighbourhood -- weather political, familial and literal storms while hustling to rise to the top in New York City.
, a sardonic satire of literary elitism and diversity initiatives. Tired of being tokenised, a Peruvian woman escapes a claustrophobic Californian campus to join a writers retreat in Sweden. Gossip, backstabbing, and a ruthless lampooning of artistic institutions ensues., he told the English-speaking world that"once you overcome the one-inch tall barrier of subtitles, you will be introduced to so many more amazing films." The same can be said for reading books in translation.
Charco Press has been introducing UK readers to the best of contemporary Latin American writing for several years now. This year they'll publish the final part in Argentine author Ariana Harwicz's trilogy about mother-child relationships with a sucker-punch of a book:
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