Written Reviews

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Winner

June 15, 2011

The IMPAC winner has been announced. Read the full post.

Jeffrey Eugenides: “Asleep in the Lord”

June 14, 2011

This week’s New Yorker story is Jeffrey Eugenides’s “Asleep in the Lord.” Read the full post.

Joseph Roth: The Leviathan

June 12, 2011

Trevor reviews Joseph Roth’s The Leviathan, translated from the Germany by Michael Hofmann. Read the full post.

2011 Orange Prize Winner

June 8, 2011

The winner of The Orange Prize has been announced. Read the full post.

George Saunders: “Home”

June 7, 2011

This week’s New Yorker fiction is George Saunders’s “Home.” Read the full post.

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