Written Reviews

César Aira: The Linden Tree

June 8, 2018

Trevor looks at César Aira’s 2003 novella, The Linden Tree, translated from the Spanish by Chris Andrews. This is the most recent of Aira’s works to arrive in English.

Tony White The Fountain in the Forest

Tony White: The Fountain in the Forest

June 7, 2018

Paul reviews Tony White’s The Fountain in the Forest.

2018 Women’s Prize Winner

June 6, 2018

The winner of this year’s Women’s Prize for Fiction has been announced.

William Trevor: “The Crippled Man”

June 6, 2018

William Trevor’s “The Crippled Man,” previously published in The New Yorker as “The Woman of the House,” is a story about deliberate miscommunication, of relying on silence to get what you want.

June 2018 Books to Read

June 5, 2018

Check out some of the exciting things coming out as summer comes!

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