Ammara Khan
Striking paintings and poignant prose bring to life the true story of a young couple’s struggles through 20th century China...
Published 05 Jul, 2020 07:04am
Master novelist Haruki Murakami’s latest book, at its core, is about the melancholic nature of the creative process but
Published 30 Dec, 2018 07:09am
A debut novel written pseudonymously, is a highly entertaining psychological page-turner
Published 08 Jul, 2018 07:16am
While it combines witty musings on identity, art, philosophy and linguistics, this debut novel is
at heart a teenage
Published 07 Jan, 2018 07:01am
Ten thousand reincarnations to get it right — but if all you end up with is loss of individuality, what’s the difference
Published 29 Oct, 2017 06:06am
Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, Paul Auster’s latest novel is his magnum opus, but is a dense and cerebral book
Published 24 Sep, 2017 06:42am
Haruki Murakami’s new short story collection delves into the darkness of the distanced soul
Updated 07 Aug, 2017 02:33pm
A tale of loss, grief and eventual redemption told from the perspective of a dislocated child
Published 16 Jul, 2017 07:38am
A family torn apart by war comes to realise that not all reunions have happy endings
Updated 19 Mar, 2017 08:39am
A young adult novel that takes the path less travelled
Published 12 Feb, 2017 07:23am
An insightful and entertaining collection of writings on life and the world at large
Published 08 Jan, 2017 08:58am
Two people who don’t quite fit the mould of their society and time find a kindred spirit in each other
Published 11 Dec, 2016 08:43am
A book that gives insight into the lives of the members of the existentialist school of thought
Published 27 Nov, 2016 07:12am
Molly Crabapple tells her story — the story of a creative mind inspired by the machinations of the modern world
Updated 13 Nov, 2016 11:45pm
Circling the Sun is about one woman’s life of fearless adventure and mercurial relationships
Updated 02 Oct, 2016 09:56am
Michael Cunningham’s latest collection demonstrates that imperfection extends into the realm of fantasy
Published 04 Sep, 2016 07:55am
Patrick Modiano has his protagonist walk the tortuous lanes of his memories, and the cobbled paths of Paris, to untangle
Updated 31 Jul, 2016 08:15am
Joyce Carol Oates’s latest novel is a story set on the cusp of scientific inquiry and
personal agenda
Published 26 Jun, 2016 07:09am
J.M. Coetzee and Arabella Kurtz attempt to bridge the distance between narrative technique and psychotherapy
Updated 02 May, 2016 11:49pm
The last novel published before his death, Umberto Eco’s Numero Zero is a must-read
Updated 07 Mar, 2016 01:04am
