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2 weeks ago | 
observerbd.com | Anne Logan |Emma Donoghue
Perhaps you're ignorant of many famous historical events, like I am. I'm always astounded at what I don't know and continue to learn as I age. Books are (of course) a wonderful way of educating myself which is why I'm always recommending them. The Paris Express by Emma Donoghue is a great example of why fiction can be so educational; it's a fictional take on a famous historical event, written expertly enough to keep our attention while transporting us to another time and place.
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2 months ago | 
bismarcktribune.com | Alex Schulman |Emma Donoghue |Riley Sager |Chris Hewitt
‘There isn’t a train I wouldn’t take, No matter where it’s going.”That dandy epigraph, from Edna St. Vincent Millay’s poem “Travel,” begins Emma Donoghue’s entertaining new novel. “The Paris Express” gets much of its momentum from the relentless energy of a train. Both the epigraph and Donoghue’s book beautifully capture the thrill and romance of train travel’s heyday.
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Mar 22, 2025 | 
straitstimes.com | Emma Donoghue
Emma Donoghue's The Paris Express is a multi-layered societal critique set in the 19th century. PHOTOS: WOODGATE PHOTOGRAPHY, KINOKUNIYAJoin ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
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Mar 21, 2025 | 
newinbooks.com | Harold Phifer |Emma Donoghue |Patti Callahan Henry |Deanna Lynn Sletten
in Books to Read if You Like..., eBook, Literary Fiction, News
New Literary Fiction to Pull You Out of Your Reading SlumpStuck in a reading slump? These fresh literary fiction picks will reignite your love for captivating storytelling. With rich prose, deep characters, and thought-provoking themes, these books will pull you in and keep you turning pages. Ready to fall in love with reading again?
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Mar 21, 2025 | 
bookreporter.com | Emma Donoghue
On the morning of October 22, 1895, Engine 721 chugged out of Granville in Normandy with a full head of steam. If all went according to schedule --- subject to any number of ways it could be delayed --- the Paris Express would arrive in the nation’s capital by 4:00 that afternoon. And history shows that it did, except that almost nothing went according to plan, and it arrived in spectacularly disastrous fashion.
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Mar 18, 2025 | 
lithub.com | Emma Donoghue
Why set a novel on a train? The answer might seem obvious: it’s a narratively and atmospherically rich space, an enclosure in which strangers are cooped up, each with their own different reason for making the journey. If I were using a contemporary Amtrak as a location, say, the train would be primarily a narrative device, and an airplane would probably work just as well, despite having much less romantic associations and a shorter literary tradition to echo.
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Mar 18, 2025 | 
kirkusreviews.com | Emma Donoghue |Kristin Hannah
Hannah’s new novel is an homage to the extraordinary courage and endurance of Frenchwomen during World War II. In 1995, an elderly unnamed widow is moving into an Oregon nursing home on the urging of her controlling son, Julien, a surgeon. This trajectory is interrupted when she receives an invitation to return to France to attend a ceremony honoring passeurs: people who aided the escape of others during the war.
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Mar 13, 2025 | 
audible.com | Sally Rooney |Tana French |Donal Ryan |Dónal Ryan |Emma Donoghue
Ireland, despite its modest geographical size and population, is an unmatched literary engine of the world. Yes, storytelling may be a common trait among Irish people, but that is not the only factor contributing to the wealth of Irish literature. A landscape rich with libraries, literary magazines, bookshops, and festivals ensures reading and writing are parts of everyday life in Ireland.
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Mar 9, 2025 | 
nzherald.co.nz | Emma Donoghue
A railway accident at Gare Montparnasse Paris, on October 22, 1895 was caused by a brake failure. Photo / Getty ImagesOpinion by Emma DonoghueThe Montparnasse derailment in 1895 saw a train crash through the station, hanging over the street. Despite the dramatic scene, only one person, Marie Haguillard, was killed by falling masonry. The incident inspired cultural works but led to no significant changes in railway protocols.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
earlybirdbooks.com | Orrin Grey |Costanza Casati |Susan Moore |Emma Donoghue
The new year may be only a few weeks old, but it has already seen the release of some exciting new books, with many others still on our radar in coming months. What books are you most excited about in 2025?
