Cecilia Sala (Europa Editions, 2025)

"Sala’s recounting of her chosen countries’ histories can be confusing. She occasionally jumps around between time periods and political events, trying to cram in too much information. But the intimacy and fast-paced style of her present-day scenes, rendered in Oonagh Stransky’s lucid translation from the Italian, more than make up for what “The Fire” lacks in narrative cohesion." Ruth Margalit, New York Times.