Here are the six books to make the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize shortlist: The Detour, by Gerbrand Bakker; tr from the Dutch by David Colmer (in the U.S. this book was published as Ten White Geese) Bundu, by Chris Barnard; tr. from the Afrikaans by Michiel Heyns (this will be available in the U.S. on May 1,
I’m shocked! This is quite a leap from the list I expected! The winner will be selected from this list on May 3. The Planets, by Sergio Chejfec; Argentina; tr. from the Spanish by Heather Cleary (Open Letter Books) Prehistoric Times, by Eric Chevillard; France; tr. from the French by Alyson Waters (Archipelago Books) The
You’ll notice that my page is different. That was not entirely intentional. Let me explain, and once things are up and running I’m going to delete this post. I have decided, after quite a long period of struggling with the idea, to place some ads on this site. I am using a service called LitBreakers
I’ve decided to copy a feature found on Reading Matters and Savidge Reads, a kind of hall of fame/favorite authors list. I am calling mine The Mookse and the Gripes Pantheon, and you can see the complete list here. There will also be a permanent link in the upper left-hand corner of the blog. There
Episodes of The Mookse and the Gripes Podcast: discussions of books and authors, shaped by curiosity, rereading, and the pleasures of talking things through.
The Mookse and the Gripes Instagram features a more immediate space with posts and videos about current reads, recent finds, including a steady dose of Criterion films.
