Dante Alighieri: The Inferno
After years of intending to do it, I finally reread Dante’s Inferno, this time in the translation by Robert Hollander and Jean Hollander.
Trevor Berrett
Simon Rich: “We’re Not So Different, You and I”
This week’s New Yorker fiction is Simon Rich’s “We’re Not So Different, You and I.”
Amit Chaudhuri: A Strange and Sublime Address
Knowing nothing of what to expect, I was delighted by Amit Chaudhuri’s debut novel from 1991, A Strange and Sublime Address.
Eileen Chang: Love in a Fallen City
One of my favorite reading projects is Kim McNeil’s NYRB Women project. The latest book we read was Eileen Chang’s collection of short stories Love in a Fallen City.
MacDonald Harris: Mortal Leap
MacDonald Harris’s 1964 novel Mortal Leap is back in print for the first time since . . . well, 1964, thanks to the great series Recovered Books from Boiler House Press. It’s certainly worth your time!
Alice Munro: “No Advantages”
Betsy looks at “No Advantages,” the first story in Alice Munro’s The View from Castle Rock.
