By no stretch of the imagination can I claim that Traveller of the Century has been lurking unread on the (admittedly over populated) landing bookshelves, therefore I will not attempt to justify reading what is patently a NEW book. My only defence is that the nice people at Pushkin Press offered me a copy and it seemed impolite to refuse the kind offer. (How does that sound?). In fairness, I do not think I ever claimed that I was never going to read a new book while perusing the backlog (and indeed have already allowed exceptions for library loans).
Traveller of the Century
Next week I will be posting up a Q and A session with Andrés Neuman, author of Traveller of the Century (recently published in translation by Pushkin Press). The publishers are arranging a series of email interviews between Neuman and literary bloggers. My slot is to be next Wednesday 25th April so I shall be posting up the eight questions that I submitted to the author and the responses to them. I will also put together a review of the novel for visitors to the landing to read. It is the first time that I have ever had the opportunity to ask questions of a writer, so I was apprehensive about having a go. Pop back on Wednesday to see the results. Meanwhile, it is back to reading the book and making notes..
