Enrique Vila-Matas: The Illogic of Kassel
P.T. Smith reviews Enrique Vila-Matas's The Illogic of Kassel, translated from the Spanish by Anne McLean and Anna Milsom and released by New Directions. Read the full post.
Anne Garréta: Sphinx
P.T. Smith reviews Anne Garréta's Sphinx, translated from the French by Emma Ramadan, and published for the first time in English by Deep Vellum Press. Read the full post.
Alain Farah: Ravenscrag
P.T. Smith reviews Alain Farah's Ravenscrag, translated from the French by Lazer Lederhendler. Read the full post.
Tove Jansson: The Woman Who Borrowed Memories
P.T. Smith reviews NYRB Classics' recent collection of Tove Jansson's short stories, The Woman Who Borrowed Memories. Read the full post.
The Girls Who Pry Open Doors and Climb Over Walls
P.T. Smith reviews Lola Lafon's We Are the Birds of the Coming Storm, translated from the French by David and Nicole Ball, and Elvira Dones' Sworn Virgin, translated from the Italian by Clarissa Botsford. Read the full post.
Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir: Butterflies in November
P.T. Smith reviews Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir's 2004 novel Butterflies in November, translated from the Icelandic by Brian FitzGibbon, and out in the U.S. this week from Grove Atlantic. Read the full post.
Yasushi Inoue: The Hunting Gun
P.T. Smith reviews Yasushi Inoue's 1949 novel, The Hunting Gun, translated from the Japanese by Michael Emmerich. Read the full post.
Marjana Gaponenko: Who Is Martha?
P.T. Smith reviews Marjana Gaponenko's 2012 novel Who Is Martha?, translated from the German by Arabella Spencer. Read the full post.
Marc Pastor: Barcelona Shadows
P.T. Smith reviews Marc Pastor's crime novel, Barcelona Shadows, translated from the Catalan by Mara Faye Lethem. Read the full post.
Peter Weiss: Leavetaking
In his first review for The Mookse and the Gripes, P.T. Smith reviews Peter Weiss's 1961 novel, Leavetaking, translated from the German by Christopher Levenson, and just reissued by Melville House in their Neversink Library. Read the full post.