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2000s

Patrick Modiano: In the Café of Lost Youth

August 28, 2017March 10, 2016 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Patrick Modiano’s 2007 novel, In the Café of Lost Youth, translated from the French by Chris Clarke and published this week in a new edition by NYRB Classics.

Categories Book Reviews, Patrick Modiano Tags 2000s, 2007, French, Nobel Prize, NYRB Classics 2 Comments

Kim Thúy: Ru

August 1, 2016October 23, 2012 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Kim Thúy’s Ru, translated from the French by Sheila Fischman. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Kim Thúy Tags 2000s, 2009, 2012 Giller Prize, French 5 Comments

Carlos Fuentes: Vlad

July 20, 2016July 17, 2012 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Carlos Fuentes’s Vlad, translated from the Spanish by E. Shaskan Bumas and Alejandro Branger. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Carlos Fuentes Tags 2000s, 2004, Dalkey Archive, Spanish 1 Comment

Enrique Vila-Matas: Never Any End to Paris

July 14, 2016April 29, 2012 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Enrique Vila-Matas’s Never Any End to Paris, translated from the Spanish by Anne McLean. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Enrique Vila-Matas Tags 2000s, 2003, New Directions, Spanish 1 Comment

Roberto Bolaño: The Secret of Evil

July 14, 2016April 25, 2012 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Roberto Bolaño’s The Secret of Evil, translated from the Spanish by Chris Andrews, with Natasha Wimmer. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Chris Andrews, Roberto Bolaño Tags 2000s, 2007, New Directions, Spanish 1 Comment

Eric Chevillard: Demolishing Nisard

July 14, 2016April 13, 2012 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Eric Chevillard’s Demolishing Nisard, translated from the French by Jordan Stump. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Eric Chevillard Tags 2000s, 2006, Dalkey Archive, French 8 Comments

Diego Marani: New Finnish Grammar

July 14, 2016April 11, 2012 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Diego Marani’s New Finnish Grammar, translated from the Italian by Judith Landry. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Diego Marani Tags 2000, 2000s, Italian 5 Comments

Moacyr Scliar: Kafka’s Leopards

July 12, 2016March 21, 2012 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Moacyr Scliar’s Kafka’s Leopards, translated from the Portuguese by Thomas O. Beebee. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Moacyr Scliar Tags 2000, 2000s, Portuguese 3 Comments

Edouard Levé: Suicide

July 12, 2016March 15, 2012 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Edouard Levé’s Suicide, translated from the French by Jan Steyn. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Edouard Levé Tags 2000s, 2008, Dalkey Archive, French 6 Comments

Steven Millhauser: The King in the Tree

July 11, 2016February 9, 2012 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Steven Millhauser’s The King in the Tree. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Steven Millhauser Tags 2000s, 2003, Short Story 2 Comments
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