“The novel Far by Rosa Ribas – called Lejos in Spanish – translated by Charlotte Coombe, is a dark, satirical and very Spanish love story with echoes of Claudia Piñeiro and JG Ballard,” Sam Jones, The Guardian A visit to the abandoned “Manhattan of La Mancha” south of Madrid inspired Rosa Ribas to write Far. The place struck her as the perfect setting for a love story.

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The National Telepathy by Roque Larraquy, skilfully translated by Frank Wynne, is an extraordinary, disturbing, metaphoric read. A satire of scientific racism; a critique of colonialism and its mindset, the novel questions to what extent so-called modern civilisation is founded on violence, racism and warping or erasing memory.

BookBlast Review by Clem Clement of the new edition out with And Other Stories of All the Lights by Clemens Meyer, translated by Katy Derbyshire. Winner of the Leipzig Book Fair Prize 2008

Andrey Kurkov is widely regarded as the most internationally visible Ukrainian writer of his generation, bridging Ukrainian, Russian-language and Western literary worlds without losing cultural specificity. He challenges Western assumptions and humanises a country that is usually framed through headlines and news bulletins. He has sustained a blend of storytelling mastery, ethical integrity and acute journalistic observation over three decades.