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Bernardine Evaristo: Girl, Woman, Other

August 21, 2019 by Paul Fulcher

Paul looks at Bernardine Evaristo’s Girl, Woman, Other, recently longlisted for this year’s Booker Prize.

Categories Bernardine Evaristo, Book Reviews Tags 2010s, 2019, 2019 Booker Prize Leave a comment

Kevin Barry: Night Boat to Tangier

August 14, 2019August 14, 2019 by Paul Fulcher

Paul reviews Kevin Barry’s Night Boat to Tangier, which was recently longlisted for this year’s Booker Prize.

Categories Book Reviews, Kevin Barry Tags 2010s, 2019, 2019 Booker Prize Leave a comment

Deborah Levy: The Man Who Saw Everything

August 8, 2019 by Paul Fulcher

Paul looks at Deborah Levy’s The Man Who Saw Everything, recently longlisted for this year’s Booker Prize.

Categories Book Reviews, Deborah Levy Tags 2010s, 2019, 2019 Booker Prize 4 Comments

Alice Munro: “Nettles”

August 2, 2019 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor and Betsy look at Alice Munro’s “Nettles,” from Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage.

Categories Alice Munro, Book Reviews 13 Comments

Margarita Liberaki: Three Summers

July 30, 2019July 19, 2019 by Dorian Stuber

Dorian reviews Margarita Liberaki’s 1946 novel Three Summers, translated from the Greek by Karen Van Dyck.

Categories Book Reviews, Margarita Liberaki Tags Greek, NYRB Classics 1 Comment

Alice Munro: “Comfort”

July 12, 2019 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor and Betsy look at Alice Munro’s “Comfort,” from Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage.

Categories Alice Munro, Book Reviews 1 Comment

Alice Munro: “Family Furnishings”

July 8, 2019 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor and Betsy look at Alice Munro’s “Family Furnishings,” from Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage.

Categories Alice Munro, Book Reviews 13 Comments

Karen Russell: “The Prospectors”

July 3, 2019 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor revisits Karen Russell’s strange, fun, but perhaps ultimately disappointing story, “The Prospectors,” from her most recent collection Orange World.

Categories Book Reviews, Karen Russell 2 Comments

Alice Munro: “Floating Bridge”

June 21, 2019 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor and Betsy look at Alice Munro’s “Floating Bridge,” from Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage.

Categories Alice Munro, Book Reviews 5 Comments

William Trevor: “Giotto’s Angels”

June 20, 2019 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor looks at William Trevor’s “Giotto’s Angels,” from Last Stories.

Categories Book Reviews, William Trevor 9 Comments
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