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Penelope Fitzgerald: The Golden Child

July 14, 2016May 18, 2012 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Penelope Fitzgerald’s The Golden Child. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Penelope Fitzgerald Tags 1970s, 1977 3 Comments

Robert Walser: Berlin Stories

June 15, 2017May 15, 2012 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Robert Walser’s Berlin Stories, translated from the German by Susan Bernofsky.

Categories Book Reviews, Robert Walser Tags 1950s, 1956, German, NYRB Classics 11 Comments

Svetislav Basara: The Cyclist Consiracy

July 14, 2016May 9, 2012 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Svetislav Basara’s The Cyclist Conspiracy, translated from the Serbian by Randall A. Major. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews Tags 1980s, 1988, Open Letter Books, Serbian 6 Comments

Victor Serge: Memoirs of a Revolutionary

July 14, 2016May 3, 2012 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Victor Serge’s Memoirs of a Revolutionary, translated from the French by Peter Sedgwick, with George Paizis. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Victor Serge Tags 1950s, 1951, French, NYRB Classics 4 Comments

Ron Rash: The Cove

July 14, 2016May 1, 2012 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Ron Rash’s The Cove. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Ron Rash Tags 2010s, 2012 9 Comments

Enrique Vila-Matas: Never Any End to Paris

July 14, 2016April 29, 2012 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Enrique Vila-Matas’s Never Any End to Paris, translated from the Spanish by Anne McLean. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Enrique Vila-Matas Tags 2000s, 2003, New Directions, Spanish 1 Comment

Jean-Philippe Toussaint: Reticence

July 14, 2016April 27, 2012 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Jean-Philippe Toussaint’s Reticence, translated from the French by John Lambert. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Jean-Philippe Toussaint Tags 1990s, 1991, Dalkey Archive, French 4 Comments

Roberto Bolaño: The Secret of Evil

July 14, 2016April 25, 2012 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Roberto Bolaño’s The Secret of Evil, translated from the Spanish by Chris Andrews, with Natasha Wimmer. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Chris Andrews, Roberto Bolaño Tags 2000s, 2007, New Directions, Spanish 1 Comment

Eric Chevillard: Demolishing Nisard

July 14, 2016April 13, 2012 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Eric Chevillard’s Demolishing Nisard, translated from the French by Jordan Stump. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Eric Chevillard Tags 2000s, 2006, Dalkey Archive, French 8 Comments

Jacques Jouet: Upstaged

July 14, 2016April 12, 2012 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Jacques Jouet’s Upstaged, translated from the French by Leland de la Durantaye. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Jacques Jouet Tags 1990s, 1997, Dalkey Archive, French 2 Comments
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