Paradise Burns

Paradise Burnsby Pol Guasch translated from the Catalan by Mara Faye Lethem published 29 October In a world that is coming to an end, two friends pursue a future worth believing in When Rita and Lton meet at a party, they quickly form a bond that will indelibly shape their lives. Theirs is not an easy world: most wildlife is extinct and the earth is tormented by drought and floods; the last vestiges of natural life are kept under lock and key in a mysterious

recently retired from the CGI company she helped found

’ – Katherine Angel

and the painful difficulty of breaking out of one’s own patterns and specific self

perhaps universal will to power

Lynne Tillman has established herself as one of America’s most audacious writers

so have the ghosts

The voice here is wise and wry and wondering

to ask what new forms haunting might take

and the history of medicine

to the current wave of protest movements against Israel’s genocide of the Palestinian people

‘I loved Aea Varfis-van Warmelo’s Attention-Seeking Behaviour

Palestinians