It happened a few years back that one of my teachers mentioned Don DeLillo’s name and his novel White Noise in an American literary seminar, and the title immediately grabbed my attention, so much so that I decided to read the novel as soon as possible, even though apart from its title, I did…

I like the work of Ian McEwan. I would not be happy to read two of his books in close succession, and fortunately no-one compels me to do so, so I always read his novels after waiting a sufficient time, when I feel that I am ready again for the extraordinary experience his work usually provides me…

After reading some novels by Erlend Loe, I became interested in the literature of other Scandinavian and Northern-European countries, and this Estonian novel seemed to be a good read from the account I read on it. Before I started reading properly, I skimmed through the blurb several times, looked…