Pat Barker: The Women of Troy
Pat Barker's The Women of Troy follows up her 2017 novel The Silence of the Girls. They are both brilliant!
Barbara Pym: Excellent Women
I've always known I should read something by Barbara Pym. I felt she'd be a favorite. Now, having read her second novel, Excellent Women, I'm thrilled to say that somehow I was right!
César Aira: The Divorce
We have a new Aira book! His 2010 novella The Divorce, translated by Chris Andrews, has just been published in English by New Directions.
Jack Spicer: After Lorca
Jack Spicer's After Lorca is a wonderful collection of poetry, poetry in translation, and poetry theory. I loved it!
The Penguin Book of the Modern American Short Story
Happy short story month! To celebrate
Elizabeth von Arnim: The Enchanted April
What a treat! I adored Elizabeth von Arnim's The Enchanted April, which I read as part of my 2021 NYRB Classics List of Betterment.
Natalia Ginzburg: Family and Borghesia
Last month NYRB Classics released Natalia Ginzburg's novellas Family and Borghesia in one lovely edition. It's my year of reading Ginzburg!
Alice Munro: “Soon”
Trevor and Betsy look at Alice Munro's "Soon," from Runaway.
Roberto Bolaño: Cowboy Graves
It's not just a curiosity! Here are my thoughts on Roberto Bolaño's Cowboy Graves, translated from the Spanish by Natasha Wimmer.
Cynthia Ozick: Antiquities
Cynthia Ozick's Antiquities is out today! It's a wonderful little book about the large past and the short future.