Month: November 2012
Alice Munro: “To Reach Japan”
Trevor looks at “To Reach Japan,” the first story in Alice Munro’s Dear Life.
Alice Munro: Dear Life
Alice Munro’s new collection of short stories, Dear Life, is out today. We’ll be reading and reviewing each one. This post introduces the book and contains links to each of the reviews.
Maile Meloy: “Demeter”
This week’s New Yorker fiction is Maile Meloy’s “Demeter.” Read the full post.
Gonçalo M. Tavares: The Neighborhood
Trevor reviews Gonçalo M. Tavares’s The Neighborhood, translated from the Portuguese by Roopanjali Roy. Read the full post.
Frederik Pohl and C.M. Kornbluth: The Space Merchants
Trevor reviews Frederik Pohl and C.M. Kornbluth’s classic science fiction novel The Space Merchants, just published as part of The Library of America’s American Science Fiction: Nine Classic Novels of the 1950s. Read the full post.
David Gilbert: “Member/Guest”
This week’s New Yorker fiction is David Gilbert’s “Member/Guest.” Read the full post.
Patrick Leigh Fermor: A Time of Gifts
Trevor reviews the first book in Patrick Leigh Fermor’s three-book project about his walking trip across Europe in the early 1930s, A Time of Gifts.