Written Reviews

Jean Echenoz: The Queen’s Caprice

April 29, 2015

Trevor reviews Jean Echenoz’s collection of short stories The Queen’s Caprice, translated from the French by Linda Coverdale and just published by The New Press. Read the full post.

The Eclipse Viewer Episode 27: Up All Night with Robert Downey Sr.

April 28, 2015

David and Trevor are back with The Eclipse Viewer 27: Up All Night with Robert Downey Sr. Read the full post and get the link to the podcast.

2015 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Winner

April 27, 2015

The winner and finalists for 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction was announced last week (in case you didn’t know that already). Read the full post.

Milan Kundera: “The Apologizer”

April 27, 2015

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Milan Kundera’s “The Apologizer,” translated from the French by Linda Asher. Read the full post.

Georgi Gospodinov: The Physics of Sorrow

April 23, 2015

Trevor reviews Georgi Gospodinov’s 2011 novel, The Physics of Sorrow, translated from the Bulgarian by Angela Rodel and just published by Open Letter. Read the full post.

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