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Saïd Sayrafiezadeh: “A Brief Encounter with the Enemy”

July 11, 2016January 18, 2012 by Trevor Berrett

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Saïd Sayrafiezadeh’s “A Brief Encounter with the Enemy.” Read the full post.

Categories New Yorker Fiction, Saïd Sayrafiezadeh Tags 2012 New Yorker Fiction 3 Comments

John Lanchester: “Expectations”

July 11, 2016January 10, 2012 by Trevor Berrett

This week’s New Yorker fiction is John Lanchester’s “Expectations.” Read the full post.

Categories John Lanchester, New Yorker Fiction Tags 2012 New Yorker Fiction 4 Comments

Etgar Keret: “Creative Writing”

July 11, 2016January 5, 2012 by Trevor Berrett

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Etgar Keret’s “Creative Writing.” Read the full post.

Categories Etgar Keret, New Yorker Fiction Tags 2012 New Yorker Fiction 5 Comments

Denis Johnson: Train Dreams

July 11, 2016January 3, 2012 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Denis Johnson’s Train Dreams. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Denis Johnson Tags 2000s, 2002 15 Comments

Nikolai Gogol: The Night Before Christmas

July 11, 2016December 25, 2011 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Nikolia Gogol’s The Night Before Christmas. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Nikolai Gogol Tags 1830s, 1832, Russian 10 Comments

My Twelve Favorite Reads of 2011

July 11, 2016December 20, 2011 by Trevor Berrett

Here are my twelve favorite reads of the year! Read the full post.

Categories Book Lists 13 Comments

Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky: The Letter Killers Club

February 22, 2018December 19, 2011 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky’s strange novel, The Letter Killers Club, translated from the Russian by Joanne Turnbull.

Categories Book Reviews, Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky Tags 1920s, 1926, NYRB Classics, Russian 7 Comments

Margaret Atwood: “Stone Mattress”

July 11, 2016December 12, 2011 by Trevor Berrett

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Margaret Atwood’s “Stone Mattress.” Read the full post.

Categories Margaret Atwood, New Yorker Fiction Tags 2011 New Yorker Fiction 9 Comments

Osamu Dazai: Schoolgirl

July 11, 2016December 6, 2011 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Osamu Dazai’s Schoolgirl, translated from the Japanese by Allison Markin Powell. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Osamu Dazai Tags 1930s, 1939, Japanese 3 Comments

Nathan Englander: “What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank”

July 11, 2016December 5, 2011 by Trevor Berrett

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Nathan Englander’s “What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank.” Read the full post.

Categories Nathan Englander, New Yorker Fiction Tags 2011 New Yorker Fiction 12 Comments
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