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Month: March 2010

Junot Díaz: “The Pura Principle”

June 8, 2016March 15, 2010 by Trevor Berrett

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Junot Díaz’s “The Pura Principle.” Read the full post.

Categories Junot Díaz, New Yorker Fiction Tags 2010 New Yorker Fiction 15 Comments

Imre Kertész: The Union Jack

June 8, 2016March 12, 2010 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Nobel Prize winner Imre Kertész’s The Union Jack. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Imre Kertész Tags 1990s, 1991, Hungarian, Nobel Prize Leave a comment

National Book Critics Circle Award Winner

June 8, 2016March 11, 2010 by Trevor Berrett

The winner of this year’s NBCC Award has been announced. Read the full post.

Categories News 3 Comments

Best Translated Book Award Winner

June 8, 2016March 10, 2010 by Trevor Berrett

The winner of the Best Translated Book Award has been announced. Read the full post.

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David Means: “The Knocking”

June 8, 2016March 8, 2010 by Trevor Berrett

This week’s New Yorker fiction is David Means’s “The Knocking.” Read the full post.

Categories David Means, New Yorker Fiction Tags 2010 New Yorker Fiction 8 Comments

Penelope Fitzgerald: Offshore

June 8, 2016March 8, 2010 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Penelope Fitzgerald’s Offshore. Read the full post.

Categories Penelope Fitzgerald Tags 1970s, 1979, 1979 Booker Prize, Booker Prize, Booker Prize Winner 20 Comments

Irwin Shaw: “Preach on the Dusty Roads”

June 8, 2016March 6, 2010 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor looks at Irwin Shaw’s “Preach on the Dusty Roads,” from the August 22, 1942 issue of The New Yorker. Read the full post.

Categories Irwin Shaw, New Yorker Fiction Tags 1942 New Yorker Fiction, Classic New Yorker Fiction 1 Comment

Cybils Awards Winners

June 8, 2016March 3, 2010 by Trevor Berrett

The winners of this year’s Cybils Awards have been announced. Read the full post.

Categories News 2 Comments

Gerbrand Bakker: The Twin

August 4, 2016March 2, 2010 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Gerbrand Bakker’s The Twin, translated from the Dutch by David Colmer. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Gerbrand Bakker Tags 2000s, 2006, Archipelago Books, Dutch 8 Comments

Jennifer Egan: “Ask Me If I Care”

December 30, 2021March 1, 2010 by Trevor Berrett

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Jennifer Egan’s “Ask Me If I Care.”

Categories Jennifer Egan, New Yorker Fiction Tags 2010 New Yorker Fiction 13 Comments
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