William Trevor: The Story of Lucy Gault
This year's Mookse and Gripes Podcast summer book club selection was William Trevor's The Story of Lucy Gault. Here are my thoughts, as well as a link to the podcast episode where we discuss the book.
Alice Munro: The View from Castle Rock
It's high time to move on to Alice Munro's 2006 collection The View from Castle Rock. Here is the post that will eventually contain all of the links!
Alice Munro: Runaway
Betsy and Trevor are going to move on to Alice Munro's 2004 collection Runaway. Here is the post that will eventually contain all of the links!
Alice Munro: Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage
Trevor and Betsy look at Alice Munro's 2001 collection of stories, Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage.
Sjón: CoDex 1962
Paul reviews Sjón's CoDex 1962, translated from the Icelandic by Victoria Cribb. This novel was recently placed on this year's Best Translated Book Award longlist.
Sara Stridsberg: The Faculty of Dreams
Paul reviews his favorite (so far) of the Man Booker International Prize longlist, Sara Stridsberg's The Faculty of Dreams, translated from the Swedish by Deborah Bragan-Turner.
Annie Ernaux: The Years
Paul reviews Annie Ernaux's The Years, translated from the French by Alison L. Strayer. This was recently placed on the Man Booker International Prize longlist.
César Aira: Birthday
Trevor reviews César Aira's 2001 novella Birthday, the latest of his books to be translated into English, this one by the great Chris Andrews.
Raúl Zurita: INRI
Raúl Zurita's INRI is a powerful volume of poetry that makes the sea, mountains, rivers, deserts, and fields of Chile a tomb for the disappeared of Pinochet's reign. The sky is the tombstone. It's a stunning book, coming to us now in a translation from the Spanish by William Rowe.
Wolfgang Hilbig: The Sleep of the Righteous
Paul reviews Wolfgang Hilbig's 2002 collection of reflections, The Sleep of the Righteous, translated from the German by Isabel Fargo Cole.