Rónán Hession

Contributor

Rónán Hession, a contributor to The Irish Times, is the author of Panenka and of Leonard and Hungry Paul.

Fiction in translation: Jokha Alharthi’s Bitter Orange Tree; a 90-year-old’s debut and ‘slow prose’ from Norway

Bitter Orange Tree; Triumph Street, Bucharest; She and Her Cat; Weasels in the Attic; Aliss at the Fire

There’s Been a Little Incident: A focus on the tidal pull and release of grief

Alice Ryan’s debut novel is an exploration of the binding force of shared grief and personal history

Fiction in translation: New work from Germany, Japan, Sweden, China and Cameroon

Reviews: Rónán Hession on a diverse selection of new works including an odd but delightful novel by Japanese author Yoko Tawada

Translated books round-up: Mieko Kawakami’s irresistible sweet melancholy

Plus new books from Daša Drndic, Ariana Harwicz, Yukio Mishima and Hamdi Abu Golayyel

Guiding us through a literary labyrinth of writers, artists and misfits

Masterful translations of works by Ana Schnabl, Norman Erikson Pasaribu and Jon Fosse

Wunderland: Imaginative writing of feeling and substance by Catríona Lally

Book review: Author shows real skill in characterisation and creating undercurrents

The best new translated works by women writers

Elena Knows; So We Look to the Sky; The Antarctica of Love; Suiza; Island; Blind Spot

Translated fiction round-up: Perspectives from the Egyptian revolution, a Murakami collection and more

Reviews: Distant Sunflower Fields, The Story of a Goat, The Fool and Other Moral Tales, The Republic of False Truths, First Person Singular, Heaven

Best new translated novels, including one of 2020’s finest books

The Fig Tree by Goran Vojnovic, is a perceptive and sympathetic search for identity

The Translator’s Funeral, a new short story by Rónán Hession

Part of the New Irish Writing series

‘My book is a tribute to the kindness I have experienced all my life’

Rónán Hession on writing ‘Leonard and Hungry Paul’

Quick reads: Eight great novels under 200 pages long

It's not that they are short; it’s more that they are no longer than they need to be