Leonora Carrington: Down Below
Trevor reviews Leonora Carrington’s account of her mental breakdown and institutionalization in Spain during World War II, Down Below.
1940s
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.
Gyula Krúdy: The Adventures of Sindbad
Trevor reviews Gyula Krúdy’s The Adventures of Sindbad, translated from the Hungarian by George Szirtes. Read the full post.
Adolfo Bioy Casares: The Invention of Morel
Trevor reviews Adolfo Bioy Casares’s beautiful 1940 novella, The Invention of Morel.
George Orwell: Nineteen Eighty-Four
Trevor revisits George Orwell’s 1949 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.
Robert Penn Warren: All the King’s Men
Trevor reviews Robert Penn Warren’s Pulitzer Prize winning, 1946 novel, All the King’s Men.
Albert Camus: The Stranger
Trevor reviews Albert Camus’s 1942 novel, The Stranger, translated from the French by Matthew Ward.