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Jules Verne: Around the World in Eighty Days

June 7, 2016February 22, 2010 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor takes a look at Jules Verne’s Around the World in Eighty Days, translated from the French in 1873 by George Makepeace Towle. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Jules Verne Tags 1870s, 1873, French 9 Comments

Yukio Mishima: Patriotism

June 7, 2016February 16, 2010 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Yukio Mishima’s Patriotism, translated from the Japanese by Geoffrey W. Sargent. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Yukio Mishima Tags 1960s, 1961, Japanese 21 Comments

Philip Roth: The Breast

June 7, 2016February 12, 2010 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Philip Roth’s The Breast. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Philip Roth Tags 1970s, 1972 10 Comments

Francine Prose: Goldengrove

June 7, 2016February 8, 2010 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Francine Prose’s Goldengrove. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Francine Prose Tags 2000s, 2008 4 Comments

Tobias Wolff: The Barrack’s Thief

August 9, 2016February 2, 2010 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Tobias Wolff’s The Barracks Thief. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Tobias Wolff Tags 1980s, 1984, PEN/Faulkner 6 Comments

W.G. Sebald: The Rings of Saturn

June 6, 2016January 29, 2010 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews W.G. Sebald’s The Rings of Saturn, translated from the German by Michael Hulse. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, W.G. Sebald Tags 1990s, 1995, German, New Directions 9 Comments

Roberto Bolaño: Monsieur Pain

June 6, 2016January 25, 2010 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Roberto Bolaño’s Monsieur Pain, translated from the Spanish by Chris Andrews. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Chris Andrews, Roberto Bolaño Tags 1990s, 1999, New Directions, Spanish 8 Comments

Philip Roth: Patrimony

August 9, 2016January 21, 2010 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Philip Roth’s memoir of his father’s death, Patrimony. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Philip Roth Tags 1990s, 1991, NBCC Award 3 Comments

Tobias Wolff: This Boy’s Life

August 9, 2016January 17, 2010 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Tobias Wolff’s This Boy’s Life. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Tobias Wolff Tags 1980s, 1982 11 Comments

Italo Calvino’s If on a winter’s night a traveler

June 6, 2016January 13, 2010 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Italo Calvino’s If on a winter’s night a traveler, translated from the Italian by William Weaver. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Italo Calvino Tags 1970s, 1979, Italian 12 Comments
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