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Ross Macdonald: Black Money

August 3, 2017July 11, 2017 by Trevor Berrett

This week, The Library of America is publishing its third and final collection of Ross Macdonald’s Lew Archer novels, which includes Black Money, The Instant Enemy, The Goodbye Look, and The Underground Man. Here, Trevor takes a look at Black Money.

Categories Book Reviews, Ross Macdonald Tags 1960s, 1966, The Library of America 4 Comments

Alice Munro: “A Queer Streak”

August 3, 2017June 20, 2017 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor and Betsy share their thoughts on Alice Munro’s “A Queer Streak,” from The Progress of Love.

Categories Alice Munro, Book Reviews 3 Comments

Alice Munro: “Eskimo”

August 3, 2017June 2, 2017 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor and Betsy share their thoughts on Alice Munro’s “Eskimo,” from The Progress of Love.

Categories Alice Munro, Book Reviews 4 Comments

César Aira: The Proof

August 4, 2017June 1, 2017 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews César Aira’s The Proof, translated from the Spanish by Nick Caistor. New Directions published this in a twofer that includes Aira’s The Little Buddhist Monk.

Categories Book Reviews, César Aira Tags 1990s, 1992, Spanish Leave a comment

César Aira: The Little Buddhist Monk

August 4, 2017May 31, 2017 by Trevor Berrett

New Directions has just released a new book containing two new-to-English novellas by the great César Aira: The Little Buddhist Monk and The Proof, each translated from the Spanish by Nick Caistor. In this post, Trevor writes about The Little Buddhist Monk, which he considers to be one of the best Aira novellas in years.

Categories Book Reviews, César Aira Tags 2000s, 2005, Spanish 5 Comments

Alice Munro: “Jesse and Meribeth”

August 3, 2017May 26, 2017 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor and Betsy share their thoughts on Alice Munro’s “Jesse and Meribeth,” from The Progress of Love.

Categories Alice Munro, Book Reviews Leave a comment

David Grossman: A Horse Walks into a Bar

August 4, 2017May 25, 2017 by Chris Phillips

Chris reviews David Grossman’s A Horse Walks into a Bar, translated from the Hebrew by Jessica Cohen and recently shortlisted for the 2017 Man Booker International Prize.

Categories Book Reviews, David Grossman Tags 2010s, 2014, Hebrew Leave a comment

Alice Munro: “The Moon in the Orange Street Skating Rink”

August 3, 2017May 19, 2017 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor and Betsy take a look at Alice Munro’s “The Moon in the Orange Street Skating Rink,” from The Progress of Love.

Categories Alice Munro, Book Reviews 25 Comments

Henry Green: Living

August 4, 2017May 18, 2017 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Henry Greens second novel, 1929’s Living, a supreme novel of high British modernism.

Categories Book Reviews, Henry Green Tags 1920s, 1929, NYRB Classics 4 Comments

Junichiro Tanizaki: Devils in Daylight

August 4, 2017May 3, 2017 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Junichiro Tanizaki’s Devils in Daylight, translated from the Japanese by J. Keith Vincent.

Categories Book Reviews, Junichiro Tanizaki 1 Comment
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