Written Reviews

2014 New Yorker Fiction Issue

June 2, 2014

We’ll be covering the fiction issue of The New Yorker, and here’s where you’ll find the contents and the links to our thoughts. Read the full post.

Jean Ferry: The Conductor and Other Tales

May 30, 2014

Trevor reviews Jean Ferry’s 1950 short story collection, The Conductor and Other Tales, translated from the French by Edward Gauvin. Read the full post.

Jane Gardam: The Stories of Jane Gardam

May 29, 2014

Lee introduces his ongoing series reviewing the stories in the new collection, The Stories of Jane Gardam, an author he feels terrible for neglecting all these years, as well he should. Read the full post.

Last Words from Montmartre Giveaway!

May 28, 2014

A giveaway! Next Tuesday, NYRB Classics will be publishing Qiu Miaojin’s Last Words from Montmartre, and I’ve got an extra copy. Read the full post and enter the giveaway.

2014 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize Winner

May 27, 2014

Last week, the winner of the 2014 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize was announced. Read the full post.

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