From a family saga steeped in the culture of Barbados to a political drama set in Spain's Basque Country, this season's premier fiction debuts are as diverse in their settings as they are in their ...approaches to narrative form. Information about several debut books is presented.
The Parable Book,/ by Per Olov Enquist, translated by Deborah Bragan-Turner, MacLehose Press, RRPPounds 17.99/ In this autobiographical tale of longing and loss, an ageing author recalls his ...encounter, aged 15, with a 51-year-old woman from Stockholm visiting his remote northern village. Fish Have No Feet: A Family History,/ by Jon Kalman Stefansson, translated by Philip Roughton, MacLehose Press, RRPPounds 14.99/ In this powerful family saga spanning three generations, Ari, a divorced poet-turned-publisher, returns to...
