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2007

Olga Tokarczuk: Flights

May 18, 2018May 2, 2018 by Paul Fulcher

Paul reviews Olga Tokarczuk’s Flights, translated from the Polish by Jennifer Croft. This book was recently shortlisted for this year’s Man Booker International Prize.

Categories Book Reviews, Olga Tokarczuk Tags 2000s, 2007, Polish 2 Comments

Marie NDiaye: My Heart Hemmed In

August 10, 2017 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor looks at Marie NDiaye’s My Heart Hemmed In, translated from the French by Jordan Stump.

Categories Book Reviews, Marie NDiaye Tags 2000s, 2007, French 4 Comments

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

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

Javier Marías: Your Face Tomorrow, Volume III: Poison, Shadow and Farewell

July 8, 2016August 27, 2011 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Javier Marías’s Your Face Tomorrow, Volume III: Poison, Shadow, and Farewell, translated from the Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Javier Marías Tags 2000s, 2007, New Directions, Spanish 5 Comments

William Trevor: Cheating at Canasta

June 17, 2016August 3, 2010 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews William Trevor’s short story collection Cheating at Canasta. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, William Trevor Tags 2000s, 2007, Short Story 11 Comments

Evelio Rosero: The Armies

May 27, 2018September 19, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Evelio Rosero’s The Armies, translated from the Spanish by Anne McLean.

Categories Book Reviews, Evelio Rosero Tags 2000s, 2007, New Directions, Spanish 3 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

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
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