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Lore Segal: “Beyond Imagining”

June 3, 2024 by Trevor Berrett

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Lore Segal’s “Beyond Imagining”

Categories Lore Segal, New Yorker Fiction Tags 2024 New Yorker Fiction 2 Comments

Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None

May 29, 2024 by Trevor Berrett

I just finished reading Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None for the fourth time, and I still love it.

Categories Agatha Christie, Book Reviews Tags 1930s, 1939 2 Comments

Olga Tokarczuk: “Woman, Frog, and Devil”

May 27, 2024 by Trevor Berrett

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Olga Tokarczuk’s “Woman, Frog, and Devil,” translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones.

Categories New Yorker Fiction, Olga Tokarczuk Tags 2024 New Yorker Fiction 5 Comments

Françoise Gilot and Carlton Lake: Life with Picasso

May 23, 2024 by Trevor Berrett

For #NYRBWomen24 we just finished Life with Picasso, by Françoise Gilot and Carlton Lake, a fascinating, rich memoir of Gilot’s decade as Picasso’s partner.

Categories Book Reviews, Carlton Lake, Françoise Gilot Tags 1960s, 1964 2 Comments

George Eliot: The Mill on the Floss

May 21, 2024 by Trevor Berrett

I finally read George Eliot’s 1860 novel The Mill on the Floss!

Categories Book Reviews, George Eliot Tags 1860, 1860s 1 Comment

Thomas McGuane: “Thataway”

May 20, 2024 by Trevor Berrett

This week’s New Yorker story is Thomas McGuane’s “Thataway.”

Categories New Yorker Fiction, Thomas McGuane Tags 2024 New Yorker Fiction 3 Comments

Willa Cather: O Pioneers!

May 15, 2024May 15, 2024 by Trevor Berrett

I reread Willa Cather’s 1913 novel, O Pioneers!, and I liked it even more this time around, though it’s still elusive!

Categories Book Reviews, Willa Cather Tags 1910s, 1913 6 Comments

In Memoriam: Alice Munro

May 14, 2024 by Trevor Berrett

Alice Munro has passed away at the age of 92. What a special body of work she has given us.

Categories News 9 Comments

André Alexis: “Consolation”

May 13, 2024 by Trevor Berrett

This week’s New Yorker fiction is André Alexis’s “Consolation.”

Categories André Alexis, New Yorker Fiction 8 Comments

Anthony Horowitz: The Word Is Murder

May 9, 2024 by Trevor Berrett

After reading a couple of his other mystery novels, I’ve returned to Anthony Horowitz with his 2017 novel The Word Is Murder.

Categories Anthony Horowitz, Book Reviews Tags 2010s, 2017 1 Comment
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