Portrait of a Pink Lady: Booth Tarkington and the Changing Face of America
Amanda reflects on Booth Tarkington’s collection of portraits in conjunction with his 1918 novel The Magnificent Ambersons. Read the full post.
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Valeria Luiselli: Faces in the Crowd
Amanda reviews Valeria Luiselli’s Faces in the Crowd, which is a finalist for this year’s Best Translated Book Award. Read the full post.
Horacio Castellanos Moya: The Dream of My Return
Amanda reviews Horacio Castellanos Moya’s The Dream of My Return, translated from the Spanish by Katherine Silver and just published by New Directions. Read the full post.
Jean-Pierre Jeunet: A Very Long Engagement
As we think back on the beginning of World War I, Amanda reviews Jean-Pierre Jeaunet’s 2004 film, A Very Long Engagement. Read the full post
Flann O’Brien: The Short Fiction of Flann O’Brien
Amanda reviews The Short Fiction of Flann O’Brien, which contains five stories originally written in Irish and translated by Jack Fennell and nine stories originally written in English. The Dalkey Archive Press edition also contains a fragment from O’Brien’s unfinished novel, Slaterry’s Sago Saga. Read the full post.
Sean Michaels: Us Conductors
Amanda reviews Sean Michaels’ Us Conductors, just out from Tin House Books. Read the full post.
Barbara Comyns: Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead
For her first post on The Mookse and the Gripes, Amanda Sarasien reviews Barbara Comyns’ Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead.