Skip to content
  • Home
  • Book and Story Reviews
    • Index by Language
    • Index of The New Yorker Fiction
  • Film Reviews
  • The Mookse and the Gripes Pantheon
  • About Us

Book Reviews

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

Louise Erdrich: The Round House

August 18, 2016December 3, 2012 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Louise Erdrich’s The Round House. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Louise Erdrich Tags 2010s, 2012, National Book Award 12 Comments

Alice Munro: “In Sight of the Lake”

August 4, 2017November 28, 2012 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor looks at “In Sight of the Lake,” the ninth story in Alice Munro’s Dear Life.

Categories Alice Munro, Book Reviews 4 Comments
Older posts
Newer posts
← Previous Page1 … Page35 Page36 Page37 … Page72 Next →
Support The Mookse and the Gripes on Patreon!
Become a patron at Patreon!
Donate Button with Credit Cards

Recent Comments

  • Trevor Berrett on George Saunders: “The Semplica-Girl Diaries”
  • Lauren Davis on George Saunders: “The Semplica-Girl Diaries”
  • andykquan on David Plante: The Death of a Greek Lover
  • S.L. Wisenberg on Stefan Zweig: Letter from an Unknown Woman
  • Lu Vickers on Lauren Goff: “Between the Shadow and the Soul”
  • Ieuan Llwyd on Michael Frayn: Headlong
  • N jones on Jane Gardam: “Rode By All With Pride”
  • Nina V Lehman on Muriel Spark: Memento Mori
  • Trevor on Marie NDiaye: The Witch
  • Tony on Marie NDiaye: The Witch

Archives

Contributors

For more information about the site and each contributor, click here.

Subscribe via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe and receive notifications via email.

© 2026 The Mookse and the Gripes • Built with GeneratePress