September 2018 Books to Read
While every month is a reading month, I’d argue that September is the reading month. And here we are! Check out some of the books I’m excited by that are coming this month!
Trevor Berrett
William Trevor: “The Unknown Girl”
William Trevor’s “The Unknown Girl,” from Last Stories, is a devastating look at a life that didn’t seem worth living.
Tomás Gutiérrez Alea: Memories of Underdevelopment
This week, The Criterion Collection has released Tomás Gutiérrez Alea’s 1968 film Memories of Underdevelopment.
Haruki Murakami: “The Wind Cave”
This week’s New Yorker fiction is Haruki Murakami’s “The Wind Cave,” translated from the Japanese by Philip Gabriel. This is an excerpt from Murakami’s 2017 novel Killing Commendatore, which will be published in English in October.
Robert M. Young: The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
This week, The Criterion Collection released Robert M. Young’s The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez, a film portraying the 1901 manhunt that started due to an act of poor translation.
The Criterion Collection Announces November 2018 Releases
The Criterion Collection has announced their November 2018 releases. It’s a fantastic line-up in a month where they already announced their landmark set Ingmar Bergman’s Cinema.
August 2018 Books to Read
As we move to late summer, the publishers lists put out some of the best books of the year! Here are some books coming out in August that have my interest.