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Tarantula

Eduardo Halfon (author), Daniel Hahn (translator)

Paperback Published on: 19/05/2026

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A must read

Beautifully written, vulnerable, reflective, multi-layered, exploring family, history, generational trauma. Classed as translated fiction but reads like an... READ MORE

Sarah at Plymouth

I will never think of the word ‘Tarantula’ in the same way

Halfon’s borderline-addictive writing style keeps you flipping through this beautifully reflective piece about life for Jewish individuals and communities ... READ MORE

Rhiannon Morgan at Belfast

complex and dynamic read

This book was multi layered and complex with an incredible style of writing that encaptured the emotions that the characters felt and how they went on in t... READ MORE

Ellie Caverly Young at Edinburgh

Brilliant

This is one of those books that is hard to summarise into a review. Despite being a relatively short book it manages to explore Jewish memory, history and ... READ MORE

Olivia at Telford at Telford

Perfection

This is a simply written but deeply layered novel that works both as an unsettling quasi-horror story, and equally as a timely meditation on the long reach... READ MORE

Shoeless Joe Jackson at Redhill, Surrey

Tarantula

A wise, sad and timely novel about the poisonous potency of hate. In the hands of a lesser, more showy, novelist, this would have been an imitation Lord ... READ MORE

John - Glasgow Braehead at Glasgow

One More Reason Not to Go Camping

When a young boy at a Jewish youth camp in civil war-torn Guatemala wakes to commotion and the sounds of screaming his life will never be the same again.Th... READ MORE

Graham at Glasgow

Raw, intense, and shocking

A young boy gets sent to a jewish camp alongside his brother, but things take a turn when they wake up one morning and discover overnight it has become a r... READ MORE

Ellie at York

Publisher information

Publisher: Bellevue Literary Press
ISBN: 9781954276567
Number of pages: 192
Languages: English

Tarantula

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