Amanda Hopkinson is a writer and translator
Nelly Sachs is not as well known as she should be but now that her translated collected poems have won the Warwick Prize, she should win the acclaim she deserves
Edith Tudor Hart was an immensely talented documentary photographer whose work deserves to be better known. This biography-in-the-round will help
Booker and Nobel Prize-winner Olga Tokarcuk’s latest work falls slightly short of her previous literary achievements
This is the only time I have finished a novel and then turned straight back to the first page
Our critic relishes a novel about a formidable feminist
A new biography tells an extraordinary story of courage
Amanda Hopkinson is impressed by a novel about dislocation across the generations
Study of the creative exodus from the Nazis in 1933 is a timeless reminder of what is lost when a regime denies its own writers their voice
An admirably detailed account of the teenage diarist’s last months
A highly original and enjoyable take on Israel’s first woman leader
Renowned international barrister Philippe Sands returns with the story of how the entire local population of the Chagos archipelago were uprooted by a 1960s lease deal between Britain and the US
Tilar J Mazzeo’s account of an Italian war story races along at a pace as relentless as that of actual events
This autobiography by the Israeli-born human rights activist powerfully conveys the inner life fuelling her achievements
Charmian Brinson and Richard Dove have produced an impressively comprehensive and well overdue addition to the historical record
There is little higher praise than to say that this short book is a perfect example of a small moral choice exquisitely realised.
A writer’s romantic and historic journey
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