Written Reviews

Dezsö Kosztolányi: Kornél Esti

February 22, 2011

Trevor reviews Dezsö Kosztolányi’s 1933 book, Kornél Esti, translated from the Hungarian by Bernard Adams. Read the full post.

John O’Hara: Appointment in Samarra

February 18, 2011

Trevor reviews John O’Hara’s Appointment in Samarra. Read the full post.

Gert Hofmann: Lichtenberg & the Little Flower Girl

February 15, 2011

Trevor reviews Gert Hofmann’s Lichtenberg & the Little Flower Girl, translated from the German by Michael Hofmann. Read the full post.

Herman Melville: Bartleby the Scrivener

February 11, 2011

Trevor reviews Herman Melville’s Bartleby the Scrivener. Read the full post.

Mary Gaitskill: “The Other Place”

February 9, 2011

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Mary Gaitskill’s “The Other Place.” Read the full post.

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