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Graciliano Ramos: São Bernardo

June 3, 2020

NYRB Classics recently published a new translation of Graciliano Ramos’s second novel, São Bernardo, a captivating look at an insecure man trying to hold onto his power.

Emma Cline: “White Noise”

June 1, 2020

In their 2020 Summer Fiction issue, The New Yorker has published Emma Cline’s “White Noise.”

Haruki Murakami: “Confessions of a Shinagawa Monkey”

June 1, 2020

As part of their 2020 Summer Fiction issue, The New Yorker has published Haruki Murakami’s “Confessions of a Shinagawa Monkey,” translated from the Japanese by Philip Gabriel. This is a sequel to his 2006 story “A Shinagawa Monkey.”

Ernest Hemingway: “Pursuit as Happiness”

June 1, 2020

For the 2020 Summer Fiction issue, The New Yorker has published a previously unpublished story by Ernest Hemingway, “Pursuit as Happiness.”

Anniversaries Readalong: June 3 – 9, 1968

May 31, 2020

Come here to talk about Uwe Johnson’s Anniversaries, covering June 3 – 9, 1968.

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