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John Fante: Wait Until Spring, Bandini

June 5, 2016January 5, 2010 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews John Fante’s Wait Until Spring, Bandini. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, John Fante Tags 1930s, 1938 12 Comments

Jennifer Egan: “Safari”

December 30, 2021January 4, 2010 by Trevor Berrett

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Jennifer Egan’s “Safari.”

Categories Jennifer Egan, New Yorker Fiction Tags 2010 New Yorker Fiction 11 Comments

Roberto Bolaño: Distant Star

June 5, 2016January 1, 2010 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Roberto Bolaño’s Distant Star, translated from the Spanish by Chris Andrews. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Chris Andrews, Roberto Bolaño Tags 1990s, 1996, New Directions, Spanish Leave a comment

Uwem Akpan: “Baptizing the Gun”

May 21, 2020December 28, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Uwem Akpan’s “Baptizing the Gun.”

Categories New Yorker Fiction, Uwem Akpan Tags 2010 New Yorker Fiction 13 Comments

J.M.G. Le Clézio: Desert

May 21, 2020December 28, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews J.M.G. Le Clézio’s Desert, translated from the French by C. Dickson.

Categories Book Reviews, J.M.G. Le Clézio Tags 1980, 1980s, French, Nobel Prize 2 Comments

Dylan Thomas: A Child’s Christmas in Wales

May 21, 2020December 25, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Merry Christmas from The Mookse and the Gripes. Here’s a brief recommendation for Dylan Thomas’s A Child’s Christmas in Wales.

Categories Dylan Thomas Tags 1950s, 1954, New Directions Leave a comment

Year in Review: The New Yorker Short Fiction of 2009

May 21, 2020December 21, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor recaps and reviews the stories that appeared in The New Yorker in 2009.

Categories New Yorker Fiction Tags Short Story 16 Comments

My Best Reads Some Highlights of 2009

January 25, 2019December 15, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor unveils his favorite reads from 2009.

Categories Book Lists 25 Comments

The Paris Review Interviews

January 25, 2019December 13, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor looks at the four volumes of The Paris Review Interviews.

Categories Book Reviews 7 Comments

Leo Tolstoy: The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories

January 25, 2019December 9, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Leo Tolstoy’s The Death of Ivan Ilyich, translated from the Russian by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky.

Categories Book Reviews, Leo Tolstoy Tags 1880s, 1886, Russian 6 Comments
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