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Nicole Krauss: “Zusya on the Roof”

January 28, 2013

Click here to read the story in its entirety on The New Yorker webpage. Nicole Krauss’s “Zusya on the Roof” was originally published in the February 4, 2013 issue of The New Yorker. Trevor My review of Nicole Krauss’s Great House is one of the most viewed pages on this blog (that review here), so

Alice Munro: “Dear Life”

January 25, 2013

Trevor reviews Alice Munro’s “Dear Life,” the final story in what she says will be her final collection Dear Life.

The 2013 Man Booker International Prize Finalists

January 24, 2013

The ten Man Booker International Prize Finalists are: U R Ananthamurthy (India) Aharon Appelfeld (Israel) Lydia Davis (USA) Intizar Husain (Pakistan) Yan Lianke (China) Marie NDiaye (France) Josip Novakovich (Canada) Marilynne Robinson (USA) Vladimir Sorokin (Russia) Peter Stamm (Switzerland) This marks the second time in a row that there have been no Latin American authors, not that that’s at all surprising given the judges’ backgrounds.

Alice Munro: “Voices”

January 23, 2013

Trevor reviews Alice Munro’s “Voices,” from Dear Life.

Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky: Memories of the Future

January 22, 2013

Trevor reviews Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky’s posthumously published collection of short stories, Memories of the Future, translated from the Russian by Joanne Turnbull.

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