Category Archives: Reviews

Sicilian Code (Codice siciliano) by Stefano D’Arrigo

Posted on June 21, 2021 by The Untranslated

Before becoming a novelist, Stefano D’Arrigo was an accomplished poet. His first and only poetry collection was more than the acorn from which the giant oak tree of Horcynus Orca eventually grew. Reading Sicilian Code, I wondered what could have … Continue reading →

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Attila (Atila) by Aliocha Coll

Posted on May 13, 2021 by The Untranslated

Aliocha Coll was only forty-two when he took his own life in Paris, on November 15, 1990. Shortly before his death, he sent to his literary agent Carmen Balcells the manuscript of his last novel Attila, the book after whose … Continue reading →

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Melancolia by Mircea Cărtărescu

Posted on April 18, 2021 by The Untranslated

Laure Hinckel’s French rendering of Mircea Cărtărescu’s most recent book was the first translation that came out, and, naturally, I happily grasped this opportunity to find out what the Romanian author had to offer two years after the publication of … Continue reading →

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