Jean Echenoz’s Command Performance is a noir-tinged, absurdist romp -- full of wit, detours, and dead ends. But does its playful subversion delight or exhaust? I found myself teetering on the edge of both. Read my review here.
Trevor reviews Jean Echenoz's collection of short stories The Queen's Caprice, translated from the French by Linda Coverdale and just published by The New Press. Read the full post.
I few years ago, over a period of just a few weeks, I read and reviewed a kind of trilogy of short biographical (albeit stylized and embellished by fiction) novellas by Jean Echenoz: Lightning (here), Running (here), and Ravel (here). These short, quirky books turn things just so, making something unique where we might expect to find something conventional. [...]
Trevor reviews Jean Echenoz's Ravel, translated from the French by Linda Coverdale. Read the full post.
Trevor reviews Jean Echenoz's Running, translated from the French by Linda Coverdale. Read the full post.
Trevor reviews Jean Echenoz's Lightning, translated from the French by Linda Coverdale. Read the full post.
