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Roberto Bolaño: By Night in Chile

February 12, 2018July 24, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Roberto Bolaño’s By Night in Chile, translated from the Spanish by Chris Andrews.

Categories Book Reviews, Chris Andrews, Roberto Bolaño Tags 2000, 2000s, New Directions, Spanish 11 Comments

William Maxwell: So Long, See You Tomorrow

February 12, 2018July 20, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews William Maxwell’s 1979 masterpiece, So Long, See You Tomorrow.

Categories Book Reviews, William Maxwell Tags 1970s, 1979, National Book Award 13 Comments

Inger Christensen: Azorno

February 12, 2018July 12, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Inger Christensen’s Azorno, translated from the Danish by Denise Newman.

Categories Book Reviews, Inger Christensen Tags 1960s, 1967, Danish, New Directions 11 Comments

Tobias Wolff: Old School

February 12, 2018July 8, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Tobias Wolff’s 2003 novel, Old School.

Categories Book Reviews, Tobias Wolff Tags 2000s, 2003 25 Comments

Philip Roth: Exit Ghost

February 12, 2018July 4, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews the last of Roth’s Nathan Zuckerman novels, Exit Ghost.

Categories Book Reviews, Philip Roth Tags 2000s, 2007 5 Comments

Michal Ajvaz: The Other City

February 12, 2018June 30, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Michal Ajvaz’s The Other City, translated from the Czech by Gerald Turner.

Categories Book Reviews, Michal Ajvaz Tags 1990s, 1993, Czech, Dalkey Archive 15 Comments

César Aira: How I Became a Nun

February 12, 2018June 26, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews César Aira’s How I Became a Nun, translated from the Spanish by Chris Andrews.

Categories Book Reviews, César Aira, Chris Andrews Tags 1980s, 1989, New Directions, Spanish 9 Comments

Hugo Wilcken: Colony

February 12, 2018June 22, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

On the recommendation of John Self, Trevor reads Hugo Wilcken’s Colony.

Categories Book Reviews, Hugo Wilcken Tags 2000s, 2007 12 Comments

Javier Marías: Your Face Tomorrow, Volume I: Fever and Spear

February 12, 2018June 18, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Javier Marías’s Your Face Tomorrow, Volume 1: Fever and Spear, translated from the Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa..

Categories Book Reviews, Javier Marías Tags 2000s, 2002, New Directions, Spanish 8 Comments

P.G. Wodehouse: Leave It to Psmith

February 12, 2018June 14, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor laughs his way through P.G. Wodehouse’s Leave It to Psmith.

Categories Book Reviews, P.G. Wodehouse Tags 1920s, 1923 21 Comments
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