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Randy Kraft’s OC Book Blog: Two Small Fiction Gems Explore Large Themes
An exploration of two novels: Small Things Like These, by Claire Keegan and The Swimmers, by Julie Otsuka
Randy Kraft’s OC BookBlog: “Trust” by Domenico Starnone | Translated by Jhumpa Lahiri
Domenico Starnone writes slim fictions, a rarity given the door stop-sized novels published recently. One might call them novellas, as...
Randy Kraft’s OC Book Blog: Pairings | Sibling Non-Rivalry
In the examination of the pairing of the novels Unsettled Ground by Clair Fuller and Parakeet by Marie-Helene Bertino— just published,...
Randy Kraft’s OC Book Blog: “Fresh Water for Flowers” by Valerie Perrin | Translation by Hildegarde Serle
How wonderful to discover a new voice—not new in Europe, but to us. Valerie Perrin is a French screenwriter and photographer, also an...
Randy Kraft’s OC Book Blog: “Hamnet” by Maggie O’Farrell
This tragic tale is the real deal — a peek at the [largely invented] early life of Shakespeare and his nearly supernatural wife, Agnes,...
