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2000s

Jonathan Tel: The Beijing of Possibilities

May 26, 2018August 27, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Jonathan Tel’s short story collection The Beijing of Possibilities.

Categories Book Reviews, Jonathan Tel Tags 2000s, 2009 7 Comments

Colm Tóibín: Brooklyn

May 25, 2018August 6, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Colm Tóibín’s Brooklyn, recently longlisted for the Man Booker Prize.

Categories Book Reviews, Colm Tóibín Tags 2000s, 2009, 2009 Booker Prize, Booker Prize 13 Comments

Yoel Hoffmann: Curriculum Vitae

May 25, 2018August 3, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Yoel Hoffmann’s Curriculum Vitae, translated from the Hebrew by Peter Cole.

Categories Book Reviews, Yoel Hoffman Tags 2000s, 2007, Hebrew, New Directions 1 Comment

Dominique Fabre: The Waitress Was New

February 12, 2018July 27, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Dominique Fabre’s The Waitress Was New, translated from the French by Jordan Stump.

Categories Book Reviews, Dominique Fabre Tags 2000s, 2005, French 6 Comments

Roberto Bolaño: By Night in Chile

February 12, 2018July 24, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Roberto Bolaño’s By Night in Chile, translated from the Spanish by Chris Andrews.

Categories Book Reviews, Chris Andrews, Roberto Bolaño Tags 2000, 2000s, New Directions, Spanish 11 Comments

Tobias Wolff: Old School

February 12, 2018July 8, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Tobias Wolff’s 2003 novel, Old School.

Categories Book Reviews, Tobias Wolff Tags 2000s, 2003 25 Comments

Philip Roth: Exit Ghost

February 12, 2018July 4, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews the last of Roth’s Nathan Zuckerman novels, Exit Ghost.

Categories Book Reviews, Philip Roth Tags 2000s, 2007 5 Comments

Hugo Wilcken: Colony

February 12, 2018June 22, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

On the recommendation of John Self, Trevor reads Hugo Wilcken’s Colony.

Categories Book Reviews, Hugo Wilcken Tags 2000s, 2007 12 Comments

Javier Marías: Your Face Tomorrow, Volume I: Fever and Spear

February 12, 2018June 18, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Javier Marías’s Your Face Tomorrow, Volume 1: Fever and Spear, translated from the Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa..

Categories Book Reviews, Javier Marías Tags 2000s, 2002, New Directions, Spanish 8 Comments

César Aira: An Episode in the Life of a Landscape Painter

February 8, 2018May 29, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews César Aira’s An Episode in the Life of a Landscape Painter, translated from the Spanish by Chris Andrews.

Categories Book Reviews, César Aira, Chris Andrews Tags 2000, 2000s, New Directions, Spanish 7 Comments
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