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J.M. Coetzee: Foe

May 26, 2018August 14, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews J.M. Coetzee’s 1986 novel, Foe.

Categories Book Reviews, J.M. Coetzee Tags 1980s, 1986, Nobel Prize 11 Comments

Samuel Johnson: Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia

May 25, 2018August 10, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor catches up with Samuel Johnson’s 1759 book Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia.

Categories Book Reviews, Samuel Johnson Tags 1750s, 1759 11 Comments

Colm Tóibín: Brooklyn

May 25, 2018August 6, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Colm Tóibín’s Brooklyn, recently longlisted for the Man Booker Prize.

Categories Book Reviews, Colm Tóibín Tags 2000s, 2009, 2009 Booker Prize, Booker Prize 13 Comments

Yoel Hoffmann: Curriculum Vitae

May 25, 2018August 3, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Yoel Hoffmann’s Curriculum Vitae, translated from the Hebrew by Peter Cole.

Categories Book Reviews, Yoel Hoffman Tags 2000s, 2007, Hebrew, New Directions 1 Comment

Raymond Chandler: The Big Sleep

February 12, 2018July 30, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Raymond Chandler’s 1939 novel, The Big Sleep.

Categories Book Reviews, Raymond Chandler Tags 1930s, 1939 18 Comments

Dominique Fabre: The Waitress Was New

February 12, 2018July 27, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Dominique Fabre’s The Waitress Was New, translated from the French by Jordan Stump.

Categories Book Reviews, Dominique Fabre Tags 2000s, 2005, French 6 Comments

Roberto Bolaño: By Night in Chile

February 12, 2018July 24, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Roberto Bolaño’s By Night in Chile, translated from the Spanish by Chris Andrews.

Categories Book Reviews, Chris Andrews, Roberto Bolaño Tags 2000, 2000s, New Directions, Spanish 11 Comments

William Maxwell: So Long, See You Tomorrow

February 12, 2018July 20, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews William Maxwell’s 1979 masterpiece, So Long, See You Tomorrow.

Categories Book Reviews, William Maxwell Tags 1970s, 1979, National Book Award 13 Comments

Interview with Chris Andrews

February 12, 2018July 16, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor interviews Chris Andrews, who has translated several works of Roberto Bolaño and César Aira.

Categories Chris Andrews, Interviews Tags Interview 11 Comments

Inger Christensen: Azorno

February 12, 2018July 12, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Inger Christensen’s Azorno, translated from the Danish by Denise Newman.

Categories Book Reviews, Inger Christensen Tags 1960s, 1967, Danish, New Directions 11 Comments
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