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Gilbert Sorrentino: Splendide-Hôtel

February 12, 2018June 10, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Gilbert Sorrentino’s Splendide-Hôtel.

Categories Book Reviews, Gilbert Sorrentino Tags 1970s, 1973, Dalkey Archive 10 Comments

Roberto Bolaño: Nazi Literature in the Americas

February 12, 2018June 6, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Roberto Bolaño’s Nazi Literature in the Americas, translated from the Spanish by Chris Andrews.

Categories Book Reviews, Chris Andrews, Roberto Bolaño Tags 1990s, 1996, New Directions, Spanish 7 Comments

César Aira: An Episode in the Life of a Landscape Painter

February 8, 2018May 29, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews César Aira’s An Episode in the Life of a Landscape Painter, translated from the Spanish by Chris Andrews.

Categories Book Reviews, César Aira, Chris Andrews Tags 2000, 2000s, New Directions, Spanish 7 Comments

David Park: Swallowing the Sun

February 12, 2018May 25, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews David Park’s Swallowing the Sun.

Categories Book Reviews, David Park Tags 2000s, 2004 10 Comments

Gérard Gavarry: Hoppla! 1 2 3

February 12, 2018May 21, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Gérard Gavarry’s Hoppla! 1 2 3, translated from the French by Jane Kuntz.

Categories Book Reviews, Gérard Gavarry Tags 2000s, 2001, French 8 Comments

Guillermo Rosales: The Halfway House

February 12, 2018May 17, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Guillermo Rosales’s The Halfway House, translated from the Spanish by Anna Kushner.

Categories Book Reviews, Guillermo Rosales Tags 1980s, 1987, New Directions, Spanish 16 Comments

Kamila Shamsie: Burnt Shadows

February 12, 2018May 13, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Kamila Shamsie’s Burnt Shadows.

Categories Book Reviews, Kamila Shamsie Tags 2000s, 2009 27 Comments

Philip Roth: Goodbye, Columbus

February 12, 2018May 9, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Philip Roth’s debut, a collection of short stories that went on to win the National Book Award, Goodbye, Columbus.

Categories Book Reviews, Philip Roth Tags 1950s, 1959, National Book Award, Short Story 12 Comments

César Aira: Ghosts

February 12, 2018May 5, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews César Aira’s Ghosts, translated from the Spanish by Chris Andrews.

Categories Book Reviews, César Aira, Chris Andrews Tags 1990, 1990s, New Directions, Spanish 12 Comments

Richard Price: Lush Life

February 12, 2018May 1, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Richard Price’s Lush Life.

Categories Book Reviews, Richard Price Tags 2000s, 2008 13 Comments
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