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Trevor Berrett is the editor of The Mookse and the Gripes

Saïd Sayrafiezadeh: “Minimum Payment Due”

May 2, 2026November 18, 2024 by Trevor Berrett

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Saïd Sayrafiezadeh’s “Minimum Payment Due.”

Categories New Yorker Fiction, Saïd Sayrafiezadeh Tags 2024 New Yorker Fiction 1 Comment

George Eliot: Felix Holt

May 2, 2026November 14, 2024 by Trevor Berrett

Here are my thoughts on what I think is one of George Eliot’s lesser read novels, Felix Holt.

Categories Book Reviews, George Eliot Tags 1860s, 1866 2 Comments

Sergio De La Pava: Every Arc Bends Its Radian

May 7, 2026November 12, 2024 by Trevor Berrett

Sergio De La Pava: Every Arc Bends Its Radian

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Han Kang: “Heavy Snow”

May 7, 2026November 11, 2024 by Trevor Berrett

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Han Kang’s “Heavy Snow,” translated from the Korean by e. yaewon and Paige Aniyah Morris.

Categories Han Kang, New Yorker Fiction Tags 2024 New Yorker Fiction 3 Comments

Scholastique Mukasonga: Sister Deborah

May 7, 2026November 7, 2024 by Trevor Berrett

One of my most anticipated releases of the year is Scholastique Mukasonga’s Sister Deborah, translated by Mark Polizzotti.

Categories Book Reviews, Scholastique Mukasonga Tags 2020s, 2022, French Leave a comment

Greg Jackson: “The Honest Island”

May 7, 2026November 4, 2024 by Trevor Berrett

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Greg Jackson’s “The Honest Island.”

Categories Greg Jackson, New Yorker Fiction Tags 2024 New Yorker Fiction 3 Comments

Yukio Mishima: “From the Wilderness”

May 7, 2026October 28, 2024 by Trevor Berrett

This week we get a newly translated story from Yukio Mishima: “From the Wilderness,” translated from the Japanese by John Nathan.

Categories New Yorker Fiction, Yukio Mishima Tags 2024 New Yorker Fiction 5 Comments

Ann Schlee: Rhine Journey

May 7, 2026October 25, 2024 by Trevor Berrett

Take a lovely Victorian cruise down the Rhine in Ann Schlee’s deceptively quiet 1980 novel, Rhine Journey.

Categories Ann Schlee, Book Reviews Tags 1980, 1980s, 1981 Booker Prize Leave a comment

Paul Yoon: “War Dogs”

May 7, 2026October 21, 2024 by Trevor Berrett

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Paul Yoon’s “War Dogs.”

Categories New Yorker Fiction, Paul Yoon Tags 2024 New Yorker Fiction 4 Comments

Italo Calvino: Invisible Cities

May 7, 2026October 17, 2024 by Trevor Berrett

Italo Calvino’s Invisible Cities

Categories Book Reviews Tags 1970s, 1972 2 Comments
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