Trevor Berrett In the best way possible, I became a fan of Karen Russell’s short fiction. It must have been late 2006 when I saw this strange book while browsing a real-life bookstore: St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves. Knowing nothing about the author, I bought it and was thrilled at what I’d found. In 2010, Russell was listed as one of … Read more
Trevor continues Alice Munro’s Dance of the Happy Shades with the second story, “The Shining Houses.”
Last week I wrote about Revenge, the first book I read by Yoko Ogawa, a name I’d heard many times over the past few years and had always felt I should read. This week I’m writing about Amélie Nothomb’s latest in English, Life Form (Une forme de vie, 2010; tr. from the French by Alison Anderson, … Read more
Click here to read the story in its entirety on The New Yorker webpage. Zadie Smith’s “The Embassy of Cambodia” was originally published in the February 11 & 18, 2013 issue of The New Yorker. Trevor I’ve seen on Twitter that this story is getting a lot of interest. This is good, because I’m going to need … Read more
Trevor begins his journey through Alice Munro’s first collection of short stories, Dance of the Happy Shades, with “Walker Brothers Cowboy.”
I got so much out of reading and reviewing over time each story in Munro’s Dear Life that I’ve decided to go back to the beginning and do the same with her first collection, Dance of the Happy Shades. This is the anchor post, with a brief description of the book as well as links to all of the reviews.
Over the past few years I’ve developed a deep love for William Trevor’s short stories. Particularly this past month, regular visitors here have caught wind of this (and hopefully have sought him out if they did not already know his work). But until now, I had never read one of his novels, and he’s written many in his 84 … Read more
Trevor and Betsy take a look at William Trevor’s astonishing “An Idyll in Winter,” originally published in The Guardian.
I’ve been hearing about Yoko Ogawa for a few years now, but I haven’t read her books and really didn’t even know what they were about. But there was something striking and terrifying about her new book Revenge (Kamoku na shigai, 1998; tr. from the Japanese by Stephen Snyder, 2013). Time to find out more about Ogawa. … Read more
Click here to read the story in its entirety on The New Yorker webpage. Nicole Krauss’s “Zusya on the Roof” was originally published in the February 4, 2013 issue of The New Yorker. Trevor My review of Nicole Krauss’s Great House is one of the most viewed pages on this blog (that review here), so … Read more