Trevor Berrett

Trevor Berrett is the editor of The Mookse and the Gripes

Best Translated Book Award Fiction Finalists

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I’m shocked! This is quite a leap from the list I expected! The winner will be selected from this list on May 3. The Planets, by Sergio Chejfec; Argentina; tr. from the Spanish by Heather Cleary (Open Letter Books) Prehistoric Times, by Eric Chevillard; France; tr. from the French by Alyson Waters (Archipelago Books) The … Read more

Changes

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You’ll notice that my page is different. That was not entirely intentional. Let me explain, and once things are up and running I’m going to delete this post. I have decided, after quite a long period of struggling with the idea, to place some ads on this site. I am using a service called LitBreakers … Read more

The Mookse and the Gripes Pantheon

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I’ve decided to copy a feature found on Reading Matters and Savidge Reads, a kind of hall of fame/favorite authors list. I am calling mine The Mookse and the Gripes Pantheon, and you can see the complete list here. There will also be a permanent link in the upper left-hand corner of the blog. There … Read more

T. Coraghessan Boyle: “The Night of the Satellite”

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Click here to read the story in its entirety on The New Yorker webpage. T. Coraghessan Boyle’s “The Night of the Satellite” was originally published in the April 15, 2013 issue of The New Yorker. Trevor It’s strange: I’m always interested while reading a T.C. Boyle story but uninterested when I finished it. He’s a fine writer and storyteller, … Read more

Episode 7: Vivant Denon’s No Tomorrow

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No TomorrowThis month, we are joined by Alan Bowden of wordsofmercury.wordpress.com to discuss Vivant Denon’s novella, No Tomorrow.

In 1777, No Tomorrow was published anonymously. We have the pleasure of reading Lydia Davis’ translation which is based on the 1814 edition.

NYRB Classics published their bilingual edition of No Tomorrow in October of 2009, and it is the book we’ll be talking about in Episode 7 of The Mookse and the Gripes Podcast.

In Episode 8 we will be discussing two books that will be issued by NYRB Classics next month (May 7, 2013): Kingsley Amis’s novels, The Green Man and The Alteration. If you have any thoughts on Kingsley Amis, we’d love to hear from you via email, via comments, or via Twitter. Perhaps we can set up a Skype call to pull some sound bites of your thoughts.

Show Notes (1:13:03)

  • Intro
  • Brief look at Vivant Denon (14:40)
  • Non-spoiler section (19:56)
  • Spoiler section (42:12)

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Episode Credits

  • Co-Host Trevor Berrett
  • Co-Host Brian Berrett
  • Guest Alan Bowden of wordsofmercury.wordpress.com
  • Introduction Music — “Where We Fall We’ll Lie” by Jeff Zentner, from his album The Dying Days of Summer (used with permission)
  • Outro Music — “Promise Me That You Will Never Die” by Jeff Zentner, from his album Hymns to the Darkness (used with permission)

Maurizio de Giovanni: I Will Have Vengeance

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Earlier this year, Europa Editions, one of my favorite publishers, launched a new series of books: Europa World Noir. They’ve always published crime novels, but with this new imprint they show their commitment to the genre and their hope to print even more. One of their first titles is Maurizio de Giovanni’s introduction to Commissario Ricciardi, … Read more