Steven L. Peck: A Short Stay in Hell
Some thoughts on a great short book: Steven L. Peck: A Short Stay in Hell
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.
László Krasznahorkai: The Last Wolf and Herman: The Game Warden & The Death of a Craft
Trevor reviews László Krasznahorkai's The Last Wolf, translated from the Hungarian by George Szirtes, and Herman: The Game Warden & The Death of a Craft, translated from the Hungarian by John Batki, recently published by New Direction in a lovely double-sided volume.
William Trevor: Love and Summer
Lee reviews William Trevor's 2009 novel, Love and Summer, which "can't, of course, end well," but that is "brilliant, devastating, and masterfully wrought."
Kenzaburo Oe: Death by Water
Trevor reviews Kenzaburo Oe's Death by Water, translated from the Japanese by Deborah Boliver Boehm. Read the full post.
Kim Thúy: Ru
Trevor reviews Kim Thúy's Ru, translated from the French by Sheila Fischman. Read the full post.
J.M. Coetzee: Summertime
Trevor reviews J.M. Coetzee's Summertime. Read the full post.
Jacques Chessex: A Jew Must Die
Trevor reviews Jacques Chessex's A Jew Must Die, translated from the French by W. Donald Wilson. Read the full post.
Eric Siblin: The Cello Suites
Trevor reviews Eric Siblin's look into Bach's music The Cello Suites. Read the full post.
Johanna Skibsrud: The Sentimentalists
Trevor reviews Johanna Skibsrud's The Sentimentalists. Read the full post.