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M.T. Anderson: The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing: Traitor to the Nation, Vol. 1 – The Pox Party

September 27, 2017December 5, 2008 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews M.T. Anderson’s National Book Award winning, 2006 novel, The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing: Traitor to the Nation, Volume 1: The Pox Party.

Categories Book Reviews, M.T. Anderson Tags 2000s, 2006, National Book Award 2 Comments

Ralph Ellison: Invisible Man

September 27, 2017December 1, 2008 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Ralph Eillison’s National Book Award winning, 1952 novel, Invisible Man.

Categories Book Reviews, Ralph Ellison Tags 1950s, 1952, National Book Award 15 Comments

Billy Collins: Picnic, Lightning

September 26, 2017November 27, 2008 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Billy Collins’ 1998 collection of poetry, Picnic, Lightning.

Categories Billy Collins, Book Reviews Tags 1990s, 1998, Poetry 6 Comments

Knut Hamsun: Hunger

September 26, 2017November 23, 2008 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Nobel Prize winner Knut Hamsun’s 1890 novel, Hunger, translated from the Norwegian by Sverre Lyngstad.

Categories Book Reviews, Knut Hamsun Tags 1890, 1890s, Nobel Prize, Norwegian 13 Comments

John Knowles: A Separate Peace

September 26, 2017November 19, 2008 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews John Knowles’ 1959 novel, A Separate Peace.

Categories Book Reviews, John Knowles Tags 1950s, 1959 14 Comments

Milan Kundera: The Unbearable Lightness of Being

September 26, 2017November 15, 2008 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Milan Kundera’s 1984 novel, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, translated from the Czech by Michael Henry Heim.

Categories Book Reviews, Milan Kundera Tags 1980s, 1984, Czech 9 Comments

Evelyn Waugh: Brideshead Revisited

September 26, 2017November 11, 2008 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Evelyn Waugh’s 1945 novel, Brideshead Revisited.

Categories Book Reviews, Evelyn Waugh Tags 1940s, 1945 16 Comments

Tom Stoppard: The Real Thing

September 26, 2017November 7, 2008 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Tom Stoppard’s 1982 play, The Real Thing.

Categories Book Reviews, Tom Stoppard Tags 1980s, 1982, Play 9 Comments

Marilynne Robinson: Housekeeping

September 26, 2017November 3, 2008 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Marilynne Robinson’s debut, Housekeeping.

Categories Book Reviews, Marilynne Robinson Tags 1980, 1980s, PEN/Hemingway 17 Comments

Albert Camus: The Stranger

September 26, 2017October 30, 2008 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Albert Camus’s 1942 novel, The Stranger, translated from the French by Matthew Ward.

Categories Albert Camus, Book Reviews Tags 1940s, 1942, French, Nobel Prize 18 Comments
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