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Trevor Berrett is the editor of The Mookse and the Gripes

Italo Calvino’s If on a winter’s night a traveler

June 6, 2016January 13, 2010 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Italo Calvino’s If on a winter’s night a traveler, translated from the Italian by William Weaver. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Italo Calvino Tags 1970s, 1979, Italian 12 Comments

T. Coraghessan Boyle: “A Death in Kitchawank”

June 6, 2016January 11, 2010 by Trevor Berrett

This week’s New Yorker fiction is T. Coraghessan Boyle’s “A Death in Kitchawank.” Read the full post.

Categories New Yorker Fiction, T. Coraghessan Boyle Tags 2010 New Yorker Fiction 14 Comments

Michael Frayn: Headlong

June 6, 2016January 9, 2010 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Michael Frayn’s Headlong. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Michael Frayn Tags 1990s, 1999, 1999 Booker Prize 13 Comments

Three Percent: Best Translated Book Award Longlist

June 6, 2016January 6, 2010 by Trevor Berrett

This year’s Best Translated Book Award longlist has been announced! Read the full post.

Categories News 1 Comment

John Fante: Wait Until Spring, Bandini

June 5, 2016January 5, 2010 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews John Fante’s Wait Until Spring, Bandini. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, John Fante Tags 1930s, 1938 12 Comments

Jennifer Egan: “Safari”

December 30, 2021January 4, 2010 by Trevor Berrett

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Jennifer Egan’s “Safari.”

Categories Jennifer Egan, New Yorker Fiction Tags 2010 New Yorker Fiction 11 Comments

Roberto Bolaño: Distant Star

June 5, 2016January 1, 2010 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Roberto Bolaño’s Distant Star, translated from the Spanish by Chris Andrews. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Chris Andrews, Roberto Bolaño Tags 1990s, 1996, New Directions, Spanish Leave a comment

Uwem Akpan: “Baptizing the Gun”

May 21, 2020December 28, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Uwem Akpan’s “Baptizing the Gun.”

Categories New Yorker Fiction, Uwem Akpan Tags 2010 New Yorker Fiction 13 Comments

J.M.G. Le Clézio: Desert

May 21, 2020December 28, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews J.M.G. Le Clézio’s Desert, translated from the French by C. Dickson.

Categories Book Reviews, J.M.G. Le Clézio Tags 1980, 1980s, French, Nobel Prize 2 Comments

Dylan Thomas: A Child’s Christmas in Wales

May 21, 2020December 25, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Merry Christmas from The Mookse and the Gripes. Here’s a brief recommendation for Dylan Thomas’s A Child’s Christmas in Wales.

Categories Dylan Thomas Tags 1950s, 1954, New Directions Leave a comment
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