THINGS REMEMBERED AND THINGS FORGOTTENKyoko Nakajima(Sort Of, £9.99)Gathering together 10 of the Japanese author’s translated short stories, this accessible collection meditates on memory and its loss. A widower joins a cookery class and rediscovers his late wife through the notes she made in the margins of her cookbooks. THE RUNNING BOOKJohn Connell(Picador, £8.99)After five years in the Australian TV industry, John Connell fell into a depression and moved home to Northern Ireland. For Connell, running is a spiritual and philosophical pursuit, a connection with the cosmos that helps him find meaning. THE HIERARCHIESRos Anderson(Dead Ink, £9.99)The Cornwall-born author’s debut novel is a futuristic piece set in a time when children are created in laboratories and men’s desires are mostly served by sex robots.

Source: The Herald July 13, 2021 13:52 UTC