Book Reviews
Leonora Carrington: Down Below
Trevor reviews Leonora Carrington’s account of her mental breakdown and institutionalization in Spain during World War II, Down Below.
Samanta Schweblin: Fever Dream
Lee reviews Samanta Schweblin’s Fever Dream, translated from the Spanish by Megan McDowell, and recently placed on the Man Booker Prize International Prize longlist.
Mary McCarthy: The Complete Fiction
The Library of America has just published a two-volume set Mary McCarthy: The Complete Fiction. Trevor provides an overview. Read the full post.
George Saunders: Lincoln in the Bardo
Lee reviews George Saunder’s debut novel, Lincoln in the Bardo. Read the full post.
Alice Munro: “Miles City, Montana”
Trevor and Betsy carry on in Alice Munro’s The Progress of Love with “Miles City, Montana.”
Anka Muhlstein: The Pen and the Brush
Trevor reviews Anka Muhlstein’s The Pen and the Brush: How Passion for Art Shaped Nineteenth-Century French Novels, translated from the French by Adriana Hunter. Read the full post.
Tim Shipman: All Out War
Chris reviews Tim Shipman’s All Out War: The Full Story of How Brexit Sank Britain’s Political Class. Read the full post.
Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky: The Return of Munchausen
Trevor reviews Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky’s The Return of Munchausen, translated from the Russian by Joanne Turnbull.