Compass by Mathias Enard — Orient exchangeThe cultural cross-pollination between east and west is explored in a tale that offers rare delightsA Horse Walks into A Bar by David Grossman — a joking matterA tale about an Israeli stand-up comedian is a searing dissection of the dangerous functions of humourThe Unseen by Roy Jacobsen — blunt and brilliantThe quiet island life of a Norwegian family is evoked in sparse, sublime proseMirror, Shoulder, Signal by Dorthe Nors — on the roadThe tale of a middle-aged woman learning to drive is told with wit and insightJudas by Amos Oz — across the lineA bold novel that takes the betrayal story of the Gospels into 20th-century IsraelFever Dream by Samanta Schweblin — powerful and humaneA traumatic period in Argentina’s recent past is revisited by two writers who mix realism with horror movie tropes
Compass by Mathias Enard — Orient exchangeThe cultural cross-pollination between east and west is explored in a tale that offers rare delightsA Horse Walks into A Bar by David Grossman — a joking matterA tale about an Israeli stand-up comedian is a searing dissection of the dangerous functions of humourThe Unseen by Roy Jacobsen — blunt and brilliantThe quiet island life of a Norwegian family is evoked in sparse, sublime proseMirror, Shoulder, Signal by Dorthe Nors — on the roadThe tale of a middle-aged woman learning to drive is told with wit and insightJudas by Amos Oz — across the lineA bold novel that takes the betrayal story of the Gospels into 20th-century IsraelFever Dream by Samanta Schweblin — powerful and humaneA traumatic period in Argentina’s recent past is revisited by two writers who mix realism with horror movie tropes
