Written Reviews

John Cheever: “The Summer Farmer”

July 9, 2014

Michael Pucci continues his series on John Cheever’s stories by covering “The Summer Farmer” (1948). Read the full post.

Andreas Maier: The Room

July 7, 2014

Lee reviews Andreas Maier’s “memoir,” The Room, translated from the German by Jamie Lee Searle, and just out from Frisch & Co. Read the full post.

Alberto Moravia: Agostino

July 3, 2014

Trevor reviews Alberto Moravia’s 1945 novella, Agostino, which comes out next week from NYRB Classics. Read the full post.

Richard Lester: A Hard Day’s Night

July 1, 2014

Almost exactly fifty years ago, on July 6, 1964, The Beatles made their big screen debut with Richard Lester’s A Hard Day’s Night. Last week The Criterion Collection released a remastered dual-format edition of this revolutionary film. Trevor reviews the film and discusses the new Criterion edition. Read the full post.

Allegra Goodman: “Apple Cake”

June 30, 2014

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Allegra Goodman’s “Apple Cake.” Read the full post.

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