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Jane Gardam: The Stories of Jane Gardam

May 29, 2014

Lee introduces his ongoing series reviewing the stories in the new collection, The Stories of Jane Gardam, an author he feels terrible for neglecting all these years, as well he should. Read the full post.

Last Words from Montmartre Giveaway!

May 28, 2014

A giveaway! Next Tuesday, NYRB Classics will be publishing Qiu Miaojin’s Last Words from Montmartre, and I’ve got an extra copy. Read the full post and enter the giveaway.

2014 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize Winner

May 27, 2014

Last week, the winner of the 2014 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize was announced. Read the full post.

Bohumil Hrabal: Rambling On: An Apprentice’s Guide to the Gift of the Gab

May 27, 2014

Dwight reviews Bohumil Hrabal’s collection of stories, Rambling On: An Apprentice’s Guide to the Gift of the Gab, translated from the Czech by David Short. Read the full post.

Thomas Pierce: “Ba Baboon”

May 26, 2014

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Thomas Pierce’s “Ba Baboon.” Betsy offers her thoughts. Read the full post.

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