The most recent addition to the complete review is my review of Spiró György big, impressive historical novel, Captivity, just out from Restless Books.
Spiró is in the US promoting the book, and I hope it finds the audience (and critical response) it deserves -- certainly one of this year's major translations.
And Spiró is clearly an author who deserves some US/UK attention: he is perhaps even better known as a playwright -- his Helló, dr. Mengele ! was named play-of-the-year in Hungary recently -- and several of his plays have been translated in English collections, but he's clearly a talented novelist as well.
Spiró is in the US promoting the book, and I hope it finds the audience (and critical response) it deserves -- certainly one of this year's major translations.
And Spiró is clearly an author who deserves some US/UK attention: he is perhaps even better known as a playwright -- his Helló, dr. Mengele ! was named play-of-the-year in Hungary recently -- and several of his plays have been translated in English collections, but he's clearly a talented novelist as well.