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Jacques Demy: Bay of Angels

July 29, 2014

From The Criterion Collection’s recent release of The Essential Jacques Demy, Trevor reviews Demy’s second feature film, Bay of Angels, from 1963. Read the full post.

Flann O’Brien: The Short Fiction of Flann O’Brien

July 29, 2014

Amanda reviews The Short Fiction of Flann O’Brien, which contains five stories originally written in Irish and translated by Jack Fennell and nine stories originally written in English. The Dalkey Archive Press edition also contains a fragment from O’Brien’s unfinished novel, Slaterry’s Sago Saga. Read the full post.

Paul Theroux: “Action”

July 28, 2014

This week’s story from The New Yorker is Paul Theroux’s “Action.” Read the full post.

Jacques Demy: Lola

July 25, 2014

From The Criterion Collection’s recent release of The Essential Jacques Demy, Trevor reviews Demy’s debut feature film from 1961, Lola. Read the full post.

Florjan Lipuš: The Errors of Young Tjaž

July 23, 2014

Bénédicte reviews Florjan Lipuš’s 1972 novel, The Errors of Young Tjaž, translated from the Slovenian by Michael Biggins. Read the full post.

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