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Month: August 2011

Haruki Murakami: “Town of Cats”

July 6, 2016August 29, 2011 by Trevor Berrett

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Haruki Murakami’s “Town of Cats,” translated from the Japanese by Jay Rubin. Read the full post.

Categories Haruki Murakami, New Yorker Fiction Tags 2011 New Yorker Fiction 8 Comments

Javier Marías: Your Face Tomorrow, Volume III: Poison, Shadow and Farewell

July 8, 2016August 27, 2011 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Javier Marías’s Your Face Tomorrow, Volume III: Poison, Shadow, and Farewell, translated from the Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Javier Marías Tags 2000s, 2007, New Directions, Spanish 5 Comments

Patrik Ouredník: Europeana

July 8, 2016August 24, 2011 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Patrik Ouredník’s Europeana, translated from the Czech by Gerald Turner. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Patrik Ouredník Tags 2000s, 2001, Czech, Dalkey Archive 6 Comments

David Means: “El Morro”

July 6, 2016August 22, 2011 by Trevor Berrett

This week’s New Yorker story is David Means’s “El Morro.” Read the full post.

Categories David Means, New Yorker Fiction Tags 2011 New Yorker Fiction 13 Comments

Patrick deWitt: The Sisters Brothers

July 8, 2016August 17, 2011 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Patrick deWitt’s The Sisters Brothers. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Patrick deWitt Tags 2010s, 2011, 2011 Booker Prize, 2011 Giller Prize, Booker Prize 17 Comments

Sergio Chejfec: My Two Worlds

July 8, 2016August 12, 2011 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Sergio Chejfec’s My Two Worlds, translated from the Spanish by Margaret B. Carson. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Chejfec Sergio Tags 2000s, 2008, Spanish 9 Comments

Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi: “Gilgul”

July 6, 2016August 10, 2011 by Trevor Berrett

This week’s New Yorker story is Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi’s “Gilgul.” Read the full post.

Categories New Yorker Fiction, Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi Tags 2011 New Yorker Fiction 21 Comments

Alison Pick: Far to Go

July 8, 2016August 8, 2011 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Alison Pick’s Far to Go. Read the full post.

Categories Alison Pick, Book Reviews Tags 2010, 2010s, 2011 Booker Prize, Booker Prize 9 Comments

Ben Marcus: “What Have You Done?”

July 6, 2016August 3, 2011 by Trevor Berrett

This week’s New Yorker story is Ben Marcus’s “What Have You Done?” Read the full post.

Categories Ben Marcus, New Yorker Fiction Tags 2011 New Yorker Fiction 7 Comments

A.D. Miller: Snowdrops

July 8, 2016August 2, 2011 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews A.D. Miller’s Snowdrops. Read the full post.

Categories A.D. Miller, Book Reviews Tags 2010s, 2011, 2011 Booker Prize, Booker Prize 14 Comments
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