Novels transport readers from 1930s Japan-ruled Taiwan to Nazi-controlled Europe, from magic and domesticity in 1990s France to the Iranian Revolution in 1979
Solvej Balle’s near-40-year project, On the Calculation of Volume, seems both outside time and yet immediately relevant
Lucy Caldwell celebrates the undervalued art of the short story
Author shares prize for Kairos, her novel about lovers in 1980s East Berlin, with its translator, Michael Hofmann
Independent presses continue to dominate, with five of six titles on the shortlist
Nominated books include Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck, A Dictator Calls by Ismail Kadare and The House on Via Gemito by Domenico Starnone
In Kairos, her new novel, Jenny Erpenbeck sets out to capture how it really felt to grow up in East Germany
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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