Jean Stafford: The Mountain Lion
The most recent #NYRBWomen24 book that we finished was Jean Stafford's The Mountain Lion, and it is not at all what I was expecting . . . in a good way!
William Maxwell: The Folded Leaf
In my quest to read all of William Maxwell's novels, I hit a bit of a stumbling block with his 1945 novel The Folded Leaf.
Henri Bosco: Malicroix
Henri Bosco's Malicroix, translated from the French by Joyce Zonana, is a beautiful, terrifying exploration of isolation and nature. It's shot up to being one of my favorites!
Elizabeth Taylor: Palladian
Elizabeth Taylor's second book, Palladian, from 1946, shows she had a strong point of view and a genius ability to articulate it. Here are my thoughts on the novel.
John Williams: Nothing But the Night
John Williams' debut novel, Nothing But the Night, has finally come home! NYRB Classics published their edition today, completing their collection of all four of Williams' novels. It's a fine work from a young man filled with promise.
Jean Giono: Melville: A Novel
In the late 1930s, Jean Giono worked to translated Herman Melville's Moby-Dick into French for the first time. To accompany the new edition, Giono provided a strange, fictional introduction to Melville the man, instead giving us a lovely look at Melville our imagined author.
Monica Dickens: Thursday Afternoons
Lisa Guidarini, from Bluestalking Journal, commences a trip through Penguin's vintage, numbered spines by looking at Monica Dickens's Thursday Afternoons.
Leonora Carrington: Down Below
Trevor reviews Leonora Carrington's account of her mental breakdown and institutionalization in Spain during World War II, Down Below.
Elizabeth Taylor: A Wreath of Roses
Elizabeth Taylor has entered my personal Pantheon, largely on the strength of this single novel, A Wreath of Roses, which I think everyone should go read.
Nescio: Amsterdam Stories
Trevor reviews Nescio's Amsterdam Stories, a collection of all of Nescio's major works, available in English for the first time, translated from the Dutch by Damion Searls. Read the full post.