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Anita Brookner: Brief Lives

December 29, 2025 by Trevor Berrett

Here is my look at Anita Brookner’s 1990 novel Brief Lives, which explores aging, companionship, and longing with her usual precision and restraint.

Episode 1: Anita Brookner’s Start in Life

February 19, 2018 by Trevor Berrett

The Mookse and the Gripes Podcast has returned! I hope you enjoy the first episode: Anita Brooker’s Start in Life.

Anita Brookner: A Start in Life

October 11, 2017 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor looks at Anita Brookner’s amazing debut, A Start in Life.

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