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1990

Anita Brookner: Brief Lives

May 1, 2026December 29, 2025 by Trevor Berrett

Here is my look at Anita Brookner’s 1990 novel Brief Lives, which explores aging, companionship, and longing with her usual precision and restraint.

Categories Anita Brookner, Book Reviews Tags 1990, 1990s Leave a comment

Alice Munro: Friend of My Youth

November 6, 2017August 18, 2017 by Trevor Berrett
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.

Categories Alice Munro, Book Reviews Tags 1990, 1990s, Short Story 2 Comments

John McGahern: Amongst Women

June 29, 2016April 8, 2011 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews John McGahern’s Amongst Women. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, John McGahern Tags 1990, 1990 Booker Prize, 1990s, Booker Prize 6 Comments

Brian Moore: Lies of Silence

June 27, 2016December 21, 2010 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Brian Moore’s Lies of Silence. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Brian Moore Tags 1990, 1990 Booker Prize, 1990s, Booker Prize 9 Comments

César Aira: Ghosts

February 12, 2018May 5, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews César Aira’s Ghosts, translated from the Spanish by Chris Andrews.

Categories Book Reviews, César Aira, Chris Andrews Tags 1990, 1990s, New Directions, Spanish 12 Comments

W.G. Sebald: Vertigo

November 3, 2017February 16, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews W.G. Sebald’s 1990 book, Vertigo, translated from the German by Michael Hulse.

Categories W.G. Sebald Tags 1990, 1990s, German 10 Comments

Derek Walcott: Omeros

October 5, 2017January 11, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Nobel Prize winner Derek Walcott’s 1990 epic poem Omeros.

Categories Book Reviews, Derek Walcott Tags 1990, 1990s, Nobel Prize, Poetry 24 Comments

Tim O’Brien: The Things They Carried

September 25, 2017September 11, 2008 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Tim O’Brien’s short story collection/Vietnam War memoir The Things They Carried.

Categories Book Reviews, Tim O'Brien Tags 1990, 1990s, Short Story 16 Comments

Imre Kertész: Kaddish for an Unborn Child

September 23, 2017July 17, 2008 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Nobel Prize winner Imre Kertész’s Kaddish for an Unborn Child, translated from the Hungarian by Tim Wilkinson.

Categories Book Reviews, Imre Kertész Tags 1990, 1990s, Hungarian, Nobel Prize 2 Comments
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