Tag: Charlotte R. Mendel

  • Sad Clowns, Family Secrets, and Secret Gardens: New Books of Note

    Sad Clowns, Family Secrets, and Secret Gardens: New Books of Note

    Much-anticipated, curious, or simply thrilling, here are some new and notable books out this month. Kolia by Perrine LeBlanc, translated by David Scott Hamilton (House of Anansi) — Born in a Siberian gulag, Kolia receives basic survival training as well as higher education from fellow prisoner Iosif. This past and its memories follow and haunt…