In Defence of Nobel Laureate Ishiguro With the dust settling, senior writer Michael Mullooly gives his take on Kazuo Ishiguro’s Nobel Prize win.

Last year, five members of the Swedish Academy named Bob Dylan the winner of the 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature, a decision so surprising that even he didn’t show up for his own prize reception. Slightly overshadowed by Brexit and … Continue reading In Defence of Nobel Laureate Ishiguro With the dust settling, senior writer Michael Mullooly gives his take on Kazuo Ishiguro’s Nobel Prize win.

Books from Around the World: ‘The End of Days’ by Jenny Erpenbeck

“If the world were ruled by chance not a God.” Jenny Erpenbeck’s The End of Days has been rightly showered with praise and accolades. Winner of the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2015, this impressionistic, stream-of-conscience story about lost lives, broken … Continue reading Books from Around the World: ‘The End of Days’ by Jenny Erpenbeck