Antonio Di Benedetto: The Suicides
With The Suicides, NYRB Classics and Esther Allen have brought us Antonio Di Benedetto's complete Trilogy of Expectation.
With The Suicides, NYRB Classics and Esther Allen have brought us Antonio Di Benedetto's complete Trilogy of Expectation.
My thoughts on Daphne du Maurier's 1969 time travel novel, The House on the Strand.
Diana Athill: Don't Look at Me Like That
The most recent book for #NYRBWomen24 was Dorothy B. Hughes's 1963 crime novel, The Expendable Man
The latest book for #NYRBWomen24 was Penelope Mortimer's 1962 novel, The Pumpkin Eater.
My latest read for #NYRBWomen24 was Jessica Mitford's 1960 memoir Hons and Rebels.
For #NYRBWomen24 we just finished Life with Picasso, by Françoise Gilot and Carlton Lake, a fascinating, rich memoir of Gilot's decade as Picasso's partner.
MacDonald Harris's 1964 novel Mortal Leap is back in print for the first time since . . . well, 1964, thanks to the great series Recovered Books from Boiler House Press. It's certainly worth your time!
This week NYRB Classics is publishing Antonio Di Benedetto's 1964 novel, The Silentiary, translated from the Spanish by Esther Allen. This is a fantastic follow-up to Di Benedetto's masterpiece, Zama.
Trevor looks at Alfred Hayes's 1968 novel The End of Me, recently released by NYRB Classics.