Tag Archives: Peirene Press

Un Amor by Sara Mesa, translated by Katie Whittemore

Posted on May 2, 2024 by mandywight

I really enjoyed Sara Mesa’s short story collection Mala Letra (Bad Handwriting) so was delighted to find that Pereine Press are now publishing her novel Un Amor in English translation. Some of the same themes in the short story collection … Continue reading →

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Nordic Fauna by Andrea Lundgren translated by John Litell

Posted on February 9, 2021 by mandywight

This superb collection of short stories by Swedish writer Andrea Lundgren is the work of a true craftsperson of the genre. Set in the far north of Sweden, with its vast forests and animal life close by, the stories are … Continue reading →

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The Pear Field by Nana Ekvtimishvili translated by Elizabeth Heighway

Posted on November 4, 2020 by mandywight

This powerful short novel is part of Peirene Press’ Closed Universe Series (along with the Norwegian novel Ankomst) and certainly lives up to this description in its intensity and content. It’s the story of eighteen year old Lela, who’s stayed … Continue reading →

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Ankomst by Gohril Gabrielsen, translated by Deborah Dawkin

Posted on August 7, 2020 by mandywight

This powerful short novel, set in a remote peninsula in the north of Norway, took me right out of my comfort zone. Not surprising, with its descriptions of bleak and desolate snowfields and drifts, their shapes shifting in the merciless, … Continue reading →

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Reader for Hire- Raymond Jean translated by Adriana Hunter

Posted on November 22, 2016 by mandywight

The luscious red lips on the cover of this beautiful book from Peirene tell us something of its content: it tells the story of Marie- Constance who decides to advertise her services as a reader for people who are unable … Continue reading →

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The Empress and the Cake by Linda Stift, translated by Jamie Bulloch

Posted on November 21, 2016 by mandywight

Don’t be fooled by the sugar pink cover and even handed title of this beautifully presented book from Peirene: this not a sweet read and, though part of the fairy tale series, to my mind belongs to the darker of … Continue reading →

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breach – stories from the Calais refugee camp by Olumide Popoola and Annie Holmes

Posted on August 8, 2016 by mandywight

Two writers, Olumide Popoola and Annie Holmes, were commissioned by Meike Ziervogel of Peirene Press to go to the Calais refugee camp to listen to refugees’s stories and rework them into fictions of their own. The result is this gem … Continue reading →

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Die Liebesgeschichtenerzaehlerin- The teller of love stories- Friedrich Christian Delius

Posted on January 12, 2016 by mandywight

This compelling novel starts in Scheveningen, the seaside resort close to The Hague. Marie von Schabow, a 50 year old emerging writer, who is also a married woman and mother, is spending a few days there carrying out research into … Continue reading →

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Meike Ziervogel and Hamid Ismailov- ‘The Art of Translation’ at Off the Shelf, Sheffield

Posted on November 13, 2015 by mandywight

One of the many treats on offer at this year’s Off the Shelf Festival of Words in Sheffield was an evening with Meike Ziervogel and Hamid Ismailov.  Meike Ziervogel  is the founder  of Peirene Press, a small  independent publishing house in … Continue reading →

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