David Hebblethwaite

M. John Harrison's new novel, The End of Everything, feels like a companion piece to The Sunken Land Begins to Rise Again. Both concern a world changed beyond human understanding. The new novel begins in the aftermath of change. My review is linked in the next post.

For @stujallen's Hungarian Lit Month, I have read "I Don't Care", a story collection by Ágota Kristóf (tr. Chris Andrews). I found it as ostensibly spare, and as deeply felt, as her Notebook Trilogy. More thoughts at the link below.

For @strangehorizons, I've been working on a review of A Granite Silence, Nina Allan's fascinating examination of a historical crime as a network of jostling stories (@riverrunbooks). The review went online yesterday - link in the post below.

I have a new review up at @strangehorizons! Dengue Boy by Michel Nieva (tr. Rahul Bery, pub. @serpentstail), a novel that destroys itself with the most gleeful abandon. Link in next post...

We on the shadow panel have chosen our winner of the #InternationalBooker2025, in advance of tomorrow's official announcement. We chose On the Calculation of Volume I by Solvej Balle (tr. Barbara J. Haveland, pub. @FaberBooks). More info at the link below...

My first stop on the #InternationalBooker2025 longlist: A Leopard-Skin Hat by Anne Serre (tr. Mark Hutchinson, pub. @LolliEditions), a poignant novel of friendship. Link below...

Recent reading: The Bridge Between Worlds by @gavinfranc (pub. @canongatebooks). A fascinating tour of bridges and what they mean, combining history, geography, memoir, culture, and more besides.