Sylvia Townsend Warner: Lolly Willowes
January’s pick for NYRB Women 2026 was Sylvia Townsend Warner’s Lolly Willowes, which is just celebrating one hundred years.
1920s
Thomas Mann: The Magic Mountain
What a happy accident reading Thomas Mann’s The Magic Mountain as I read the final volume of In Search of Lost Time. What a remarkable book, and I absolutely loved John E. Woods’s translation.
Marcel Proust: In Search of Lost Time
“For a long time. . . ” And then suddenly I find myself having read the final pages of Time Regained. Here are some brief thoughts upon finishing Proust’s In Search of Lost Time.
Elizabeth von Arnim: The Enchanted April
What a treat! I adored Elizabeth von Arnim’s The Enchanted April, which I read as part of my 2021 NYRB Classics List of Betterment.
Henry Green: Living
Trevor reviews Henry Greens second novel, 1929’s Living, a supreme novel of high British modernism.
Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky: The Return of Munchausen
Trevor reviews Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky’s The Return of Munchausen, translated from the Russian by Joanne Turnbull.
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.
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.
Stefan Zweig: Confusion
Trevor reviews Stefan Zweig’s 1927 novella, Confusion, translated from the Germany by Anthea Bell. Read the full post.