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Amit Chaudhuri: A Strange and Sublime Address

May 2, 2024 by Trevor Berrett

Knowing nothing of what to expect, I was delighted by Amit Chaudhuri’s debut novel from 1991, A Strange and Sublime Address.

Categories Amit Chaudhuri, Book Reviews Tags 1990s, 1991 Leave a comment

Eileen Chang: Love in a Fallen City

April 25, 2024 by Trevor Berrett

One of my favorite reading projects is Kim McNeil’s NYRB Women project. The latest book we read was Eileen Chang’s collection of short stories Love in a Fallen City.

Categories Book Reviews, Eileen Chang Tags NYRB Classics 8 Comments

MacDonald Harris: Mortal Leap

April 23, 2024 by Trevor Berrett

MacDonald Harris’s 1964 novel Mortal Leap is back in print for the first time since . . . well, 1964, thanks to the great series Recovered Books from Boiler House Press. It’s certainly worth your time!

Categories Book Reviews, MacDonald Harris Tags 1960s, 1964 4 Comments

Alice Munro: The View from Castle Rock

May 15, 2024June 20, 2023 by Trevor Berrett

It’s high time to move on to Alice Munro’s 2006 collection The View from Castle Rock. Here is the post that will eventually contain all of the links!

Categories Alice Munro, Book Reviews Tags 2000s, 2006, Short Story Leave a comment

Alice Munro: “Silence”

March 4, 2022 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor and Betsy look at Alice Munro’s “Silence,” from Runaway.

Categories Alice Munro, Book Reviews 31 Comments

Pat Barker: The Women of Troy

September 27, 2021September 1, 2021 by Trevor Berrett

Pat Barker’s The Women of Troy follows up her 2017 novel The Silence of the Girls. They are both brilliant!

Categories Book Reviews, Pat Barker Tags 2020s, 2021 3 Comments

Barbara Pym: Excellent Women

August 19, 2021 by Trevor Berrett

I’ve always known I should read something by Barbara Pym. I felt she’d be a favorite. Now, having read her second novel, Excellent Women, I’m thrilled to say that somehow I was right!

Categories Barbara Pym, Book Reviews Tags 1950s, 1952 3 Comments

César Aira: The Divorce

June 2, 2021 by Trevor Berrett

We have a new Aira book! His 2010 novella The Divorce, translated by Chris Andrews, has just been published in English by New Directions.

Categories Book Reviews, César Aira Tags 2010, 2010s, New Directions, Spanish Leave a comment

Jack Spicer: After Lorca

May 13, 2021 by Trevor Berrett

Jack Spicer’s After Lorca is a wonderful collection of poetry, poetry in translation, and poetry theory. I loved it!

Categories Book Reviews, Jack Spicer Tags 1950s, 1957, Poetry Leave a comment

The Penguin Book of the Modern American Short Story

May 7, 2021 by Trevor Berrett

Happy short story month! To celebrate

Categories Book Reviews, Various 1 Comment
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