Michael Cronin

Mathias Enard’s magnificent new novel imagines an alternative history of France

New work from Marie Darrieussecq, Gerda Blees, Khadija Marouazi, Carolina Schutti and David Foenkinos

Benjamín Labatut explores a mind consumed by cognitive possibility but indifferent to human consequence

Translated by Clíona Ní Ríordáin, the French author’s new novel concerns the endgame of WB Yeats

New fiction from Brazil, Angola, Hong Kong, Finland and France

Mammoth work is a monumental celebration of how Irish words fuel our engagement with the world

O’Connor liberated old Irish poetry from archaic language, false piety and Celtic sentimentality, bringing its startling originality to life once again

The leading Caribbean writer’s latest, compelling novel does not preach but it does instruct

Hit Parade of Tears; Cold Nights of Childhood; The Private Lives of Trees; Love Me Tender; The Disappearance of Mr. Nobody

Should the goal be easy comprehension and relevance or capturing the poetry of the original? Book examines history how translators have approached the task

Molière became a mainstay of the early Abbey stage, but not all critics were impressed by French playwright’s characters speaking Hiberno-English

Michael Cronin recommends five new works in translation

Michael Cronin reviews Heritage; The Trio; Solo Dance; and The Absolute

Mass air travel has made the world not so much a smaller place as a more dangerous one

While unsparing about the horrors of colonialism, the Nobel laureate seeks to restore agency to the lives of the traumatised