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1960s

John Williams: Stoner

June 19, 2016September 21, 2010 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews John Williams’s 1965 novel, Stoner. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, John Williams Tags 1960s, 1965 10 Comments

Cormac McCarthy: Outer Dark

June 10, 2016June 18, 2010 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Cormac McCarthy’s Outer Dark. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Cormac McCarthy Tags 1960s, 1968 10 Comments

John Williams: Butcher’s Crossing

June 9, 2016May 11, 2010 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews John Williams’s 1960 novel, Butcher’s Crossing. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, John Williams Tags 1960, 1960s, NYRB Classics 23 Comments

Yukio Mishima: Patriotism

June 7, 2016February 16, 2010 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Yukio Mishima’s Patriotism, translated from the Japanese by Geoffrey W. Sargent. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Yukio Mishima Tags 1960s, 1961, Japanese 21 Comments

Sylvia Plath: The Bell Jar

October 10, 2018November 26, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Sylvia Plath’s 1963 novel, The Bell Jar.

Categories Book Reviews, Sylvia Plath Tags 1960s, 1963 7 Comments

B.S. Johnson: The Unfortunates

October 10, 2018November 22, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews B.S. Johnson’s book in a box The Unfortunates, which has been re-released in a lovely edition by New Directions.

Categories B.S. Johnson, Book Reviews Tags 1960s, 1969, New Directions 15 Comments

Inger Christensen: Azorno

February 12, 2018July 12, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Inger Christensen’s Azorno, translated from the Danish by Denise Newman.

Categories Book Reviews, Inger Christensen Tags 1960s, 1967, Danish, New Directions 11 Comments

Muriel Spark: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

January 15, 2018April 24, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Muriel Sparks’ 1961 novel, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.

Categories Book Reviews, Muriel Spark Tags 1960s, 1961 11 Comments

Bernard Malamud: The Fixer

November 3, 2017February 28, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Bernard Malamud’s 1966 novel The Fixer, which won both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize.

Categories Bernard Malamud, Book Reviews Tags 1960s, 1966, National Book Award, Pulitzer Prize 11 Comments

Richard Yates: Eleven Kinds of Loneliness

September 26, 2017October 26, 2008 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Richard Yates short story collection, Eleven Kinds of Loneliness.

Categories Book Reviews, Richard Yates Tags 1960s, 1962, Short Story 10 Comments
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