http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog reviews of new fiction and features about reading Sat, 20 Mar 2010 18:15:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/involuntary-witness-by-gianrico-carofiglio/ http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/where-do-ebooks-go-when-you-die/ Nazi Literature in the Americas, now published for the first time in the UK, is a collection of fictional portraits of strange right-wing writers from the 20th century and beyond.]]> http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/nazi-literature-in-the-americas-by-roberto-bolano/ Nazi Literature in the Americas, and The Fiction Desk is giving away a free copy in this month's email newsletter.]]> http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/win-a-copy-of-nazi-literature-in-the-americas/ An A-Z of Possible Worlds is a collection of twenty-six short stories, each one printed as a separate booklet and collected in a red box. The stories explore aspects of imaginary places, some being direct sociological histories, while others show off their environments through an individual's crisis or a specific event.]]> http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/an-a-z-of-possible-worlds-a-c-tillyer/ http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/new-website-indiebooks-to-sell-titles-from-independent-publishers/ Little Monsters and story collection The Scent of Cinnamon both met with critical acclaim. His new novel, Any Human Face is a thriller. The Fiction Desk interviewed him about his writing and the inspiration he finds in Italy's political corruption.]]> http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/the-hypocrisy-of-power-an-interview-with-charles-lambert/ The Original of Laura. But what are we supposed to do with it?]]> http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/the-original-of-laura-by-vladimir-nabokov/ Seven Lives of John Murray, Humphrey Carpenter's history of that publishing house, raises the question of whether independent publishers and booksellers might benefit from teaming up... or even being one and the same?]]> http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/the-return-of-the-bookseller-publisher/ The Last Englishman: the double life of Arthur Ransome is a new biography of the Swallows and Amazons author, focussing on the years he spent in Russia during the Soviet revolution.]]> http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/the-last-englishman-the-double-life-of-arthur-ransome/ Legend of a Suicide, the excellent debut novel by David Vann.]]> http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/the-fiction-desk-newsletter-win-signed-books/ Legend of a Suicide is an interesting example: in the US, it's a collection of short stories built around a central novella; in its UK edition, published by Penguin, it's a novel. Neither description is inaccurate.]]> http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/legend-of-a-suicide-by-david-vann/ http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/who-owns-twitter-accounts/ http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/twitter-tips-for-authors/ http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/are-book-blogs-and-novellas-made-for-each-other/ http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/war-on-the-margins-by-libby-cone/ http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/the-red-wheelbarrow-profile-of-a-paris-bookshop/ http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/the-impossible-stories-of-zoran-zivkovic/ http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/why-large-publisher-websites-dont-work/ Ramsey Campbell, Probably, is a 2002 collection of the author's essays, reviews, and various other bits of non-fiction. It's the kind of writing I'd push into the hands of anybody who professes an interest in writers, writing, or reading.]]> http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/ramsey-campbell-probably/