Written Reviews

Ingmar Bergman: Cries and Whispers

March 31, 2015

Trevor reviews Ingmar Bergman’s 1972 film, Cries and Whispers, a new edition of which is out today from The Criterion Collection. Read the full post.

Kamel Daoud: “Musa”

March 30, 2015

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Kamel Daoud’s “Kamel,” translated from the French by John Cullen. Read the full post.

Anne Garréta: Sphinx

March 27, 2015

P.T. Smith reviews Anne Garréta’s Sphinx, translated from the French by Emma Ramadan, and published for the first time in English by Deep Vellum Press. Read the full post.

Giveaway! Lydia Davis’s Can’t and Won’t

March 26, 2015

Two lucky winners from the United States will get a free copy of Lydia Davis’s Can’t and Won’t, which Picador is publishing in paperback next week. Read the full post.

Horacio Castellanos Moya: The Dream of My Return

March 25, 2015

Amanda reviews Horacio Castellanos Moya’s The Dream of My Return, translated from the Spanish by Katherine Silver and just published by New Directions. Read the full post.

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