Family history
-
Salt Crystals: Cristina Bendek
Translated from Spanish by Robin MyersPublished by Charco Press, 2022, 216 pages. Original version published in 2018. “That’s how we were built: out of historical circumstance, a mysterious process that landed us all in this cooking pot…We’re all beset by… Continue reading
-
My Family and Other Enemies—Life and Travels in Croatia’s Hinterland: Mary Novakovich
Published by Bradt, 2022, 268 pages “The beauty in small things seemed to speak Lika to me, a beauty that somehow held its own in this vast, sometimes overwhelming landscape. Orchards groaning with fruit, homemade cheeses hanging in muslin, ramshackle… Continue reading
-
Shalimar—A Story of Place and Migration: Davina Quinlivan
Published by Little Toller, 2021, 154 pages “Shalimar is the bridge between my father’s world and my perception of it, not a real place but one of our own making, filled with his things, his stories, but also mine and… Continue reading
-
To The Lake – A Balkan Journey of War and Peace: Kapka Kassabova
Published by Graywolf Press / Granta Publications, 2020, 416 pages “To journey to the place of your ancestors, you must be prepared to see what it is easier to deny.” This is the account not just of a physical, but… Continue reading
-
Two Trees Make a Forest—In Search of My Family’s Past Among Taiwan’s Mountains and Coasts: Jessica J. Lee
Published by Catapult, 2020, 284 pages “I saw in Taiwan something of the ways that places draw us in—and sometimes push us away again—and there grew in me an inarticulate longing.” This is a lyrical book about home, language, the… Continue reading
-
Looking for Transwonderland—Travels in Nigeria: Noo Saro-Wiwa
Published by Granta, 2012, 309 pages As a child, Noo Saro-Wiwa used to go to Nigeria for her school holidays. Her father, the Nigerian activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, had moved his family to the UK so the children could have the… Continue reading
