Anita Brookner: Brief Lives
Here is my look at Anita Brookner's 1990 novel Brief Lives, which explores aging, companionship, and longing with her usual precision and restraint.
Alice Munro: Friend of My Youth
Betsy and Trevor are moving on to the latter half of Alice Munro's career, starting their story-by-story examination of her 1990 collection Friend of My Youth. This post provides an overview of the book as well as links to the reviews as they post.
John McGahern: Amongst Women
Trevor reviews John McGahern's Amongst Women. Read the full post.
Brian Moore: Lies of Silence
Trevor reviews Brian Moore's Lies of Silence. Read the full post.
César Aira: Ghosts
Trevor reviews César Aira's Ghosts, translated from the Spanish by Chris Andrews.
W.G. Sebald: Vertigo
Trevor reviews W.G. Sebald's 1990 book, Vertigo, translated from the German by Michael Hulse.
Derek Walcott: Omeros
Trevor reviews Nobel Prize winner Derek Walcott's 1990 epic poem Omeros.
Tim O’Brien: The Things They Carried
Trevor reviews Tim O'Brien's short story collection/Vietnam War memoir The Things They Carried.
Imre Kertész: Kaddish for an Unborn Child
Trevor reviews Nobel Prize winner Imre Kertész’s Kaddish for an Unborn Child, translated from the Hungarian by Tim Wilkinson.