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Roberto Bolaño: Distant Star

June 5, 2016January 1, 2010 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Roberto Bolaño’s Distant Star, translated from the Spanish by Chris Andrews. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Chris Andrews, Roberto Bolaño Tags 1990s, 1996, New Directions, Spanish Leave a comment

W.G. Sebald: The Emigrants

May 27, 2018September 27, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews W.G. Sebald’s The Emigrants, translated from the German by Michael Hulse.

Categories Book Reviews, W.G. Sebald Tags 1990s, 1993, German, New Directions 5 Comments

Roberto Bolaño: The Skating Rink

May 25, 2018August 18, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Roberto Bolaño’s The Skating Rink, translated from the Spanish by Chris Andrews.

Categories Book Reviews, Chris Andrews, Roberto Bolaño Tags 1990s, 1993, New Directions, Spanish 4 Comments

Michal Ajvaz: The Other City

February 12, 2018June 30, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Michal Ajvaz’s The Other City, translated from the Czech by Gerald Turner.

Categories Book Reviews, Michal Ajvaz Tags 1990s, 1993, Czech, Dalkey Archive 15 Comments

Roberto Bolaño: Nazi Literature in the Americas

February 12, 2018June 6, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Roberto Bolaño’s Nazi Literature in the Americas, translated from the Spanish by Chris Andrews.

Categories Book Reviews, Chris Andrews, Roberto Bolaño Tags 1990s, 1996, New Directions, Spanish 7 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

Jhumpa Lahiri: Interpreter of Maladies

January 15, 2018April 13, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Jhumpa Lahiri’s Pulitzer Prize winning collection of short stories Interpreter of Maladies.

Categories Book Reviews, Jhumpa Lahiri Tags 1990s, 1999, Pulitzer Prize, Short Story 12 Comments

Steven Millhauser: Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer

January 15, 2018April 9, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Steven Millhauser’s Pulitzer Prize winning Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer.

Categories Book Reviews, Steven Millhauser Tags 1990s, 1996, Pulitzer Prize 15 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

Philip Roth: I Married a Communist

October 5, 2017January 27, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Philip Roth’s 1998 novel, I Married a Communist.

Categories Book Reviews, Philip Roth Tags 1990s, 1998 10 Comments
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