Nov 19, 2010
It has been seven years since one of Kadare's books last appeared in English; now we get The Accident, issued by Canongate in an able translation by John Hodgson.
Nov 19, 2010
The "Kurdish opening" reform package was meant to appease Turkey’s restive minority, lifting restrictions on language and local identity. What went wrong?
Nov 19, 2010
Due to be seen in Dubai next month, Microphone is best appreciated as a documentary about music and youth culture in contemporary Alexandria, bolstered by a slim fictional frame.
Nov 19, 2010
The internet has recently been accused of 'killing local music scenes, but that is both untrue and not necessarily a bad thing, writes Dan Hancox.
Nov 12, 2010
This week Michel Houellebecq finally won the Prix Goncourt. Even so, there are signs that France's most incendiary satirist has lost his spark.
Nov 12, 2010
The new album by the acclaimed producer and sonic inventor Brian Eno is not a return to form - and it doesn't need to be, writes J Gabriel Boylan.
Nov 12, 2010
The story of Raoul Wallenberg bridges the twin horrors of mid-20th-century history, writes Saul Austerlitz.
Nov 12, 2010
Published a full century after its author's death, this memoir weds biting wit to a structure that is postmodern before its time.
