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Book Reviews

César Aira: The Musical Brain and Other Stories

January 28, 2016June 24, 2015 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews César Aira’s collection of short stories, The Musical Brain, translated from the Spanish by Chris Andrews. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, César Aira, Chris Andrews Tags Spanish 7 Comments

Kazuo Ishiguro: The Buried Giant

October 5, 2017March 5, 2015 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Kazuo Ishiguro’s new novel The Buried Giant.

Categories Book Reviews, Kazuo Ishiguro Tags 2010s, 2015, Nobel Prize 9 Comments

César Aira: Conversations

January 28, 2016August 13, 2014 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews the most recent César Aira book to appear in English, Conversations, translated from the Spanish by Katherine Silver. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, César Aira Tags Spanish 1 Comment

Barbara Comyns: Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead

February 7, 2018April 21, 2014 by Amanda Sarasien

For her first post on The Mookse and the Gripes, Amanda Sarasien reviews Barbara Comyns’ Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead.

Categories Barbara Comyns, Book Reviews Tags 1950s, 1954 5 Comments

César Aira: Shantytown

January 28, 2016December 4, 2013 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews César Aira’s Shantytown, translated from the Spanish by Chris Andrews. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, César Aira, Chris Andrews Tags Spanish 6 Comments

César Aira: The Hare

January 27, 2016July 26, 2013 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews César Aira’s The Hare, translated from the Spanish by Nick Caistor. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, César Aira Tags Spanish 3 Comments

László Krasznahorkai: Satantango

February 20, 2018April 24, 2013 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews László Krasznahorkai’s debute novel,
Satantango, translated from the Hungarian by George Szirtes.

Categories Book Reviews, László Krasznahorkai Tags 1980s, 1985, Hungarian 12 Comments

Wieslaw Mysliwski: Stone Upon Stone

August 18, 2016December 14, 2012 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Wieslaw Mysliwski’s Stone Upon Stone, translated from the Polish by Bill Johnson. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Wieslaw Mysliwski Tags 1980s, 1984, Archipelago Books, Polish 5 Comments

Natsume Soseki: The Gate

August 18, 2016December 11, 2012 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Natsume Soseki’s quiet yet tumultuous 1910 novel, The Gate. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Natsume Soseki Tags 1910, 1910s, Japanese, NYRB Classics 10 Comments

Alice Munro: “Dolly”

August 4, 2017December 7, 2012 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor looks at “Dolly” from Alice Munro’s Dear Life.

Categories Alice Munro, Book Reviews Leave a comment
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