The ten finalists for the 2013 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award have been announced. City of Bohane, by Kevin Barry The Map and the Territory, by Michel Houllebecq Pure, by Andrew Miller 1Q84, by Haruki Murakami The Buddha in the Attic, by Julie Otsuka The Tragedy of Arthur, by Arthur Phillips Swamplandia!, by Karen Russell
Click here to read the story in its entirety on The New Yorker webpage. T. Coraghessan Boyle’s “The Night of the Satellite” was originally published in the April 15, 2013 issue of The New Yorker. Trevor It’s strange: I’m always interested while reading a T.C. Boyle story but uninterested when I finished it. He’s a fine writer and storyteller,
This month, we are joined by Alan Bowden of wordsofmercury.wordpress.com to discuss Vivant Denon’s novella, No Tomorrow. In 1777, No Tomorrow was published anonymously. We have the pleasure of reading Lydia Davis’ translation which is based on the 1814 edition. NYRB Classics published their bilingual edition of No Tomorrow in October of 2009, and it is the book we’ll
Earlier this year, Europa Editions, one of my favorite publishers, launched a new series of books: Europa World Noir. They’ve always published crime novels, but with this new imprint they show their commitment to the genre and their hope to print even more. One of their first titles is Maurizio de Giovanni’s introduction to Commissario Ricciardi,
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