Written Reviews

W.G. Sebald: Vertigo

February 16, 2009

Trevor reviews W.G. Sebald’s 1990 book, Vertigo, translated from the German by Michael Hulse.

Cynthia Ozick: The Shawl

February 12, 2009

Trevor reviews Cynthia Ozick’s The Shawl, which collects two short, connected works: “The Shawl” and “Rosa.”

F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby

February 8, 2009

Trevor revisits F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 classic, The Great Gatbsy.

John Updike: Bech: A Book

February 4, 2009

Trevor reviews John Updike’s first collection of stories about Henry Bech, from 1970, Bech: A Book.

Marilynne Robinson: Gilead

January 31, 2009

Trevor reviews Marilynne Robinson’s 2004, Pulitzer Prize winning novel, Gilead.

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