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Tove Jansson: Fair Play

July 6, 2016July 6, 2011 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Tove Jansson’s 1982 novel, Fair Play, translated from the Swedish by Thomas Teal. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Jansson Tove Tags 1980s, 1982, Swedish 5 Comments

Jean Echenoz: Running

July 5, 2016June 30, 2011 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Jean Echenoz’s Running, translated from the French by Linda Coverdale. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Jean Echenoz Tags 2000s, 2008, French 3 Comments

César Aira: The Seamstress and the Wind

July 5, 2016June 28, 2011 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews César Aira’s The Seamstress and the Wind, translated from the Spanish by Rosalie Knecht. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, César Aira Tags 1990s, 1994, New Directions, Spanish 3 Comments

László Krasznahorkai: Animalinside

February 20, 2018June 26, 2011 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews László Krasznahorkai’s Animalinside, translated from the Hungarian by Ottilie Mulzet.

Categories Book Reviews, László Krasznahorkai Tags 2010, 2010s, Hungarian 10 Comments

Jean Echenoz: Lightning

July 5, 2016June 22, 2011 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Jean Echenoz’s Lightning, translated from the French by Linda Coverdale. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Jean Echenoz Tags 2010, 2010s, French 12 Comments

Ann Patchett: State of Wonder

July 5, 2016June 17, 2011 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Ann Patchett’s State of Wonder. Read the full post.

Categories Ann Patchett, Book Reviews Tags 2010s, 2011 5 Comments

Joseph Roth: The Leviathan

July 5, 2016June 12, 2011 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Joseph Roth’s The Leviathan, translated from the Germany by Michael Hofmann. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Joseph Roth Tags 1930s, 1938, German, New Directions 7 Comments

Alistair MacLeod: No Great Mischief

July 5, 2016June 6, 2011 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Alistair MacLeod’s No Great Mischief. Read the full post.

Categories Alistair MacLeod, Book Reviews Tags 1990s, 1999 6 Comments

Steven Millhauser: Edwin Mullhouse: The Life and Death of an American Writer 1943 – 1954, by Jeffrey Cartwright

July 1, 2016May 24, 2011 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Steven Millhauser’s Edwin Mullhouse: The Life and Death of an American Wrtier 1943 – 1954, by Jeffrey Cartwright. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Steven Millhauser Tags 1970s, 1972 4 Comments

Tove Jansson: The True Deceiver

June 29, 2016May 19, 2011 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Tove Jansson’s 1982 novel, The True Deceiver. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Jansson Tove Tags 1980s, 1982, NYRB Classics, Swedish 7 Comments
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