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1991

Amit Chaudhuri: A Strange and Sublime Address

May 2, 2024 by Trevor Berrett

Knowing nothing of what to expect, I was delighted by Amit Chaudhuri’s debut novel from 1991, A Strange and Sublime Address.

Categories Amit Chaudhuri, Book Reviews Tags 1990s, 1991 Leave a comment

Wolfgang Hilbig: Old Rendering Plant

September 4, 2018August 30, 2018 by Paul Fulcher

Paul reviews Wolfgang Hilbig’s 1991 novel Old Rendering Plant, translated from the German by Isabel Fargo Cole.

Categories Book Reviews, Wolfgang Hilbig Tags 1990s, 1991, German Leave a comment

Andrey Platonov: Happy Moscow

August 4, 2016November 15, 2012 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Andrey Platonov’s posthumously published novel, Happy Moscow, translated from the Russian by Robert and Elizabeth Chandler. Read the full post.

Categories Andrey Platonov, Book Reviews Tags 1990s, 1991, NYRB Classics, Russian 10 Comments

Raymond Kennedy: Ride a Cockhorse

July 18, 2016June 29, 2012 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Raymond Kennedy’s 1991 novel, Ride a Cockhorse. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Raymond Kennedy Tags 1990s, 1991, NYRB Classics 4 Comments

Jean-Philippe Toussaint: Reticence

July 14, 2016April 27, 2012 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Jean-Philippe Toussaint’s Reticence, translated from the French by John Lambert. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Jean-Philippe Toussaint Tags 1990s, 1991, Dalkey Archive, French 4 Comments

Ron Hansen: Mariette in Ecstasy

June 27, 2016December 25, 2010 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Ron Hansen’s Mariette in Ecstasy. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Ron Hansen Tags 1990s, 1991 6 Comments

Imre Kertész: The Union Jack

June 8, 2016March 12, 2010 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Nobel Prize winner Imre Kertész’s The Union Jack. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Imre Kertész Tags 1990s, 1991, Hungarian, Nobel Prize Leave a comment

Philip Roth: Patrimony

August 9, 2016January 21, 2010 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Philip Roth’s memoir of his father’s death, Patrimony. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Philip Roth Tags 1990s, 1991, NBCC Award 3 Comments

Martin Amis: Time’s Arrow

September 26, 2017October 2, 2008 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Martin Amis’s 1991, Booker Prize shortlisted novel, Time’s Arrow.

Categories Book Reviews, Martin Amis Tags 1990s, 1991, 1991 Booker Prize, Booker Prize 11 Comments
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