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William Trevor: “The Piano Tuner’s Wives”

February 23, 2018August 30, 2012 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor looks at what is possibly his favorite short story of all time: William Trevor’s “The Piano Tuner’s Wives.”

Categories Book Reviews, William Trevor Tags Short Story 10 Comments

Deborah Levy: Swimming Home

July 20, 2016August 29, 2012 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Deborah Levy’s Swimming Home. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Deborah Levy Tags 2010s, 2011, 2012 Booker Prize, Booker Prize 2 Comments

Rachel Joyce: The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

July 20, 2016August 15, 2012 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Rachel Joyce’s The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Rachel Joyce Tags 2010s, 2012, 2012 Booker Prize, Booker Prize 14 Comments

Michael Frayn: Skios

July 20, 2016August 10, 2012 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Michael Frayn’s Skios. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Michael Frayn Tags 2010s, 2012, 2012 Booker Prize, Booker Prize 3 Comments

K. Arnold Price: The New Perspective

July 20, 2016July 26, 2012 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews K. Arnold Price’s The New Perspective. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, K. Arnold Price Tags 1980, 1980s 4 Comments

Carlos Fuentes: Vlad

July 20, 2016July 17, 2012 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Carlos Fuentes’s Vlad, translated from the Spanish by E. Shaskan Bumas and Alejandro Branger. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Carlos Fuentes Tags 2000s, 2004, Dalkey Archive, Spanish 1 Comment

Raymond Kennedy: Ride a Cockhorse

July 18, 2016June 29, 2012 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Raymond Kennedy’s 1991 novel, Ride a Cockhorse. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Raymond Kennedy Tags 1990s, 1991, NYRB Classics 4 Comments

Sergio Chejfec: The Planets

July 18, 2016June 11, 2012 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Sergio Chejfec’s The Planets, translated from the Spanish by Heather Cleary. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Chejfec Sergio Tags 1990s, 1999, Open Letter Books, Spanish 3 Comments

Robert Walser: The Walk

July 18, 2016June 10, 2012 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Robert Walser’s The Walk, translated from the German by Christopher Middleton, with Susan Bernofsky. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Robert Walser Tags 1910s, 1917, German, New Directions 3 Comments

Jane Gardam: Crusoe’s Daughter

July 18, 2016June 1, 2012 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Jane Gardam’s Crusoe’s Daughter. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Jane Gardam Tags 1980s, 1985, Europa Editions 7 Comments
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