Javier Marías: Bad Nature, or With Elvis in Mexico
Trevor reviews Javier Marías’s Bad Nature, or With Elvis in Mexico, translated from the Spanish by Esther Allen. Read the full post.
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National Book Critics Circle Award Winners
The NBCc Award winners have been announced. Read the full post.
Robert Coover: “Going for a Beer”
This week’s New Yorker fiction is Robert Coover’s “Going for a Beer.” Trevor offers his thoughts. Read the full post.
Patrick Leigh Fermor: A Time to Keep Silence
Trevor reviews Patrick Leigh Fermor’s 1957 travel memoir, A Time to Keep Silence.
J.A. Baker: The Peregrine
Trevor reviews J.A. Baker’s strange 1967 book, The Peregrine. Read the full post.
2011 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction Finalists Announced
The PEN/Faulkner finalists have been announced. Read the full post.
David Foster Wallace: “Backbone”
This week’s New Yorker fiction is David Foster Wallace’s “Backbone.” Read the full post.
Jacques Chessex: A Jew Must Die
Trevor reviews Jacques Chessex’s A Jew Must Die, translated from the French by W. Donald Wilson. Read the full post.
Saïd Sayrafiezadeh: “Paranoia”
This week’s New Yorker fiction is Saïd Sayrafiezadeh’s “Paranoia.” Read the full post.
Dezsö Kosztolányi: Kornél Esti
Trevor reviews Dezsö Kosztolányi’s 1933 book, Kornél Esti, translated from the Hungarian by Bernard Adams. Read the full post.