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  • Henry Green: Living
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    Henry Green: Living

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Henry Green: Living

Trevor reviews Henry Greens second novel, 1929's Living, a supreme novel of high British modernism.

By Trevor Berrett|2017-08-04T16:03:44-04:00May 18th, 2017|Categories: Book Reviews, Henry Green|Tags: 1920s, 1929, NYRB Classics|4 Comments
  • Henry Green: Blindness
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    Henry Green: Blindness

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Henry Green: Blindness

Trevor reviews Henry Green's debut novel, Blindness. Read the full post.

By Trevor Berrett|2017-08-04T16:47:40-04:00April 4th, 2017|Categories: Book Reviews, Henry Green|Tags: 1920s, 1926, NYRB Classics|4 Comments
  • Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky: The Return of Munchausen
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    Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky: The Return of Munchausen

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Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky: The Return of Munchausen

Trevor reviews Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky's The Return of Munchausen, translated from the Russian by Joanne Turnbull.

By Trevor Berrett|2018-02-22T18:07:24-04:00February 8th, 2017|Categories: Book Reviews, Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky|Tags: 1920s, 1928, NYRB Classics, Russian|4 Comments
  • Vicki Baum: Grand Hotel
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    Vicki Baum: Grand Hotel

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Vicki Baum: Grand Hotel

Trevor reviews Vicki Baum's Grand Hotel, translated from the German by Basil Creighton, with revisions by Margot Bettauer Dembo. Read the full post.

By Trevor Berrett|2016-06-17T12:55:14-04:00June 17th, 2016|Categories: Book Reviews, Vicki Baum|Tags: 1920s, 1929, German|3 Comments
  • Ramón del Valle-Inclán: Tyrant Banderas
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    Ramón del Valle-Inclán: Tyrant Banderas

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Ramón del Valle-Inclán: Tyrant Banderas

Trevor reviews Ramón del Valle-Inclán's 1926 novel, Tyrant Banderas, translated from the Spanish by Peter Bush. Read the full post.

By Trevor Berrett|2016-07-20T16:49:52-04:00August 8th, 2012|Categories: Ramón del Valle-Inclán|Tags: 1920s, 1926, NYRB Classics, Spanish|2 Comments
  • Stefan Zweig: Confusion
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    Stefan Zweig: Confusion

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Stefan Zweig: Confusion

Trevor reviews Stefan Zweig's 1927 novella, Confusion, translated from the Germany by Anthea Bell. Read the full post.

By Trevor Berrett|2016-07-14T14:12:36-04:00May 24th, 2012|Categories: Stefan Zweig|Tags: 1920s, 1927, German, NYRB Classics|6 Comments
  • Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky: The Letter Killers Club
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    Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky: The Letter Killers Club

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Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky: The Letter Killers Club

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

By Trevor Berrett|2018-02-22T18:10:07-04:00December 19th, 2011|Categories: Book Reviews, Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky|Tags: 1920s, 1926, NYRB Classics, Russian|7 Comments
  • Dezsö Kosztolányi: Skylark
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    Dezsö Kosztolányi: Skylark

    Book Reviews, Dezsö Kosztolányi

Dezsö Kosztolányi: Skylark

Trevor reviews Dezsö Kosztolányi's 1924 novel, Skylark, translated from the Hungarian by Richard Aczel. Read the full post.

By Trevor Berrett|2016-06-09T15:44:06-04:00April 19th, 2010|Categories: Book Reviews, Dezsö Kosztolányi|Tags: 1920s, 1924, Hungarian, NYRB Classics|13 Comments
  • P.G. Wodehouse: Leave It to Psmith
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    P.G. Wodehouse: Leave It to Psmith

    Book Reviews, P.G. Wodehouse

P.G. Wodehouse: Leave It to Psmith

Trevor laughs his way through P.G. Wodehouse's Leave It to Psmith.

By Trevor Berrett|2018-02-12T15:17:28-04:00June 14th, 2009|Categories: Book Reviews, P.G. Wodehouse|Tags: 1920s, 1923|21 Comments
  • Edith Wharton: The Age of Innocence
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    Edith Wharton: The Age of Innocence

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Edith Wharton: The Age of Innocence

Trevor reviews Edith Wharton's 1920, Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Age of Innocence.

By Trevor Berrett|2018-01-11T19:35:05-04:00March 12th, 2009|Categories: Book Reviews, Edith Wharton|Tags: 1920, 1920s, Pulitzer Prize|39 Comments
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