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Henry James: The Coxon Fund

May 27, 2018September 11, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Henry James’s 1894 novella, The Coxon Fund.

Categories Book Reviews, Henry James Tags 1890s, 1894, Melville House 9 Comments

2009 Man Booker Shortlist

May 26, 2018September 8, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

This year’s Man Booker Prize shortlist has been announced!

Categories News 15 Comments

Adolfo Bioy Casares: The Invention of Morel

May 27, 2018September 7, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Adolfo Bioy Casares’s beautiful 1940 novella, The Invention of Morel.

Categories Adolfo Bioy Casares, Book Reviews Tags 1940, 1940s, NYRB Classics, Spanish 7 Comments

Robert Walser: The Tanners

May 26, 2018September 3, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Robert Walser’s 1907 novel, The Tanners, translated from the German by Susan Bernofsky.

Categories Book Reviews, Robert Walser Tags 1900s, 1907, German, New Directions 9 Comments

Jacques Poulin: Translation Is a Love Affair

May 26, 2018August 31, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Jacques Poulin’s Translation Is a Love Affair, translated from the French by Sheila Fischman.

Categories Book Reviews, Jacques Poulin Tags 2000s, 2006, Archipelago Books, French 1 Comment

Jonathan Tel: The Beijing of Possibilities

May 26, 2018August 27, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Jonathan Tel’s short story collection The Beijing of Possibilities.

Categories Book Reviews, Jonathan Tel Tags 2000s, 2009 7 Comments

Jacques Poulin: Spring Tides

May 26, 2018August 24, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Jacques Poulin’s Spring Tides, translated from the French by Sheila Fischman.

Categories Book Reviews, Jacques Poulin Tags 1970s, 1978, Archipelago Books, French 9 Comments

Giller Prize Shadow Jury

May 25, 2018August 21, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor joins this year’s Shadow Giller Jury!

Categories News 1 Comment

Herman Melville: Moby-Dick

May 25, 2018August 21, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor looks at the magnificence that is Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick.

Categories Book Reviews, Herman Melville Tags 1850s, 1851 16 Comments

Roberto Bolaño: The Skating Rink

May 25, 2018August 18, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Roberto Bolaño’s The Skating Rink, translated from the Spanish by Chris Andrews.

Categories Book Reviews, Chris Andrews, Roberto Bolaño Tags 1990s, 1993, New Directions, Spanish 4 Comments
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