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Hannah Weber

Hannah Weber is freelance writer and doctoral candidate based in Brighton, U.K. Her current research focuses on contemporary critical theory and European border literature. More of her work can be found here.

Yolka: the story of Russia’s ‘New Year tree’, from pagan origins to Soviet celebrations

Yolka: the story of Russia’s ‘New Year tree’, from pagan origins to Soviet celebrations

Olga Tokarczuk: where to start with her literature

Olga Tokarczuk: where to start with her literature

Ivo Andrić: where to start with his literature

Ivo Andrić: where to start with his literature

Svetlana Alexievich: where to start with her literature

Svetlana Alexievich: where to start with her literature

Hamid Ismailov’s Manaschi is a magnetic novel about the bard-shamans at the heart of Kyrgyzstan’s myths | Calvert Reads

Hamid Ismailov’s Manaschi is a magnetic novel about the bard-shamans at the heart of Kyrgyzstan’s myths | Calvert Reads

To The Lake: Kapka Kassabova’s book is a melancholic tale of boundaries and war in the Balkans

To The Lake: Kapka Kassabova’s book is a melancholic tale of boundaries and war in the Balkans

Magda Szabó’s cult novel Abigail is an adventurous tale of teenage friendship in wartime Hungary 

Magda Szabó’s cult novel Abigail is an adventurous tale of teenage friendship in wartime Hungary 

Our 10 favourite books of 2019 will change how you see the world

Our 10 favourite books of 2019 will change how you see the world

‘I’m a stranger at home and nobody abroad’: in Of Strangers and Bees, Hamid Ismailov captures the ache of emigration 

‘I’m a stranger at home and nobody abroad’: in Of Strangers and Bees, Hamid Ismailov captures the ache of emigration 

The meteoric rise of Olga Tokarczuk, Poland’s pre-eminent novelist

The meteoric rise of Olga Tokarczuk, Poland’s pre-eminent novelist

Letter from Herzegovina: daredevil diving and painful history in a modern Bosnia on the edge

Letter from Herzegovina: daredevil diving and painful history in a modern Bosnia on the edge

A Swarm of Dust: Slovenia’s Evald Flisar takes you on a chaotic whirlwind through sex and obsession

A Swarm of Dust: Slovenia’s Evald Flisar takes you on a chaotic whirlwind through sex and obsession

Letter from the Bay of Kotor: searching for authenticity in Montenegro’s tourist idyll

Letter from the Bay of Kotor: searching for authenticity in Montenegro’s tourist idyll

Fact and Fox: enter the world of Dubravka Ugrešić’s new novel, a visceral study in elusiveness

Fact and Fox: enter the world of Dubravka Ugrešić’s new novel, a visceral study in elusiveness

24 hours in Lviv: make the most of your next trip to west Ukraine’s tourism capital

24 hours in Lviv: make the most of your next trip to west Ukraine’s tourism capital

Letter from Butmir: a Sarajevo neighbourhood coming to terms with the scars of siege warfare

Letter from Butmir: a Sarajevo neighbourhood coming to terms with the scars of siege warfare

Caucasian literature: the best contemporary fiction to add to your reading list

Caucasian literature: the best contemporary fiction to add to your reading list

Balkan literature: the best contemporary fiction to add to your reading list

Balkan literature: the best contemporary fiction to add to your reading list