Books blog
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A second reading of Adichie’s novel has Kate Young exploring new culinary territory and trying out this homely Nigerian dish
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Emerging Afghan writer Fazilhaq Hashimi looks back at an upbringing surrounded by war, even in language – and reclaims his country’s past status as the land of poetry, story-telling, fables and folktales
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Celebrate literary translation with this extract from the latest novel by Congolese writer Alain Mabanckou, winner of the French Voices Grand Prize 2016 and 2015 Man Booker International Prize shortlistee
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The latest translator of Homer’s masterpiece – the first woman to recreate it in English – answered your questions about tackling this ancient epic
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A man stops and stares at the water ... the poet Craig Morgan Teicher reflects on the experience of looking for something in this fragment of fiction
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To mark the release of a film version of High Rise, our focus this time will be on the prolific master of uneasy speculative fiction. Please share suggestions for the best novel to select
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The indignation that greeted Radio 4’s adaptation of Erica Jong’s feminist classic is testament to an unflinching gaze on life and gender that still has the power to shock
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Amazon's bookstores should be celebrated, not feared
Kevin WignallThe web giant’s move into bricks-and-mortar bookselling has upset many in the books community – but there is much to praise in this innovation
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Sometimes preparing food can be as comforting as eating it. Kate Young turns to one of the meals from Elizabeth Goudge’s 1940s children’s classic
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The Norwegian literary phenomenon tells Guardian Live event how and why he has put the most intimate details of his life into his autobiographical novels
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Her work may be set in a world of dated manners, but its hard insights into social vanity and anxiety speak all too clearly to our own
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Your space to discuss the books you are reading and what you think of them – plus our favourite literary links
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The managing editor of the Sun’s appointment as editor of the TLS may have been met with amusement in more lofty circles, but his credentials for the role are impeccable
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A bestselling novelist, semiotician, philosopher, essayist, literary critic... no matter the form, Umberto Eco explored the intricacies of human behaviour, love and literature with grace and nuance. Here are some of his best quotes
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Could you (or your nan) fall in love with a machine? This short story explores how far the relationship between humans and artificial intelligence could go
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Creator of a host of enduring superheroes, from Iron Man to the X-Men, his own powers have enabled him to see far into the future
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Kate Young tries a simple but comforting meal cooked by the characters in Claire Fuller’s novel – a father and daughter who spend years in a remote forest cabin
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Do we love those who make us suffer more? A man reflects on love and sex in this extract from Chilean poet Enrique Winter’s new work, Bin Bags
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Homer’s idolised demigod in the Iliad has plenty of loathsome aspects – but remains a magnetic figure it’s hard not to admire
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Your space to discuss the books you are reading and what you think of them – plus our favourite literary links
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As she discovers the joy of early mornings, Kate Young re-reads Mary Wesley’s war-time novel – and recreates a dish relished by its characters in their last idyllic summer
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Publishers should pay authors as much as their other employees
James McConnachieThere’s nothing to publish without writers, so why are they being pushed to extinction by their appalling pay?
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Lorraine Berry was 17 when Lennon was assassinated in 1980. Kevin Barry’s acclaimed novel Beatlebone, about the musician’s experiments with primal therapy on a remote island just before his death, stirred up personal memories of that shocking autumn
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Which books have you welling up, weeping or wailing? Now’s your chance to share it with others, and tell us why they moved you
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A translated tale of desire and nostalgia by Hungarian playwright and novelist Ödön von Horváth, who was killed by a falling tree branch in 1938
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Three millennia after its composition, there are many obstacles to understanding this pillar of western literature – but the effort is worth it
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Your space to discuss the books you are reading and what you think of them – plus our favourite literary links
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