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Archipelago Books

Wieslaw Mysliwski: Stone Upon Stone

August 18, 2016December 14, 2012 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Wieslaw Mysliwski’s Stone Upon Stone, translated from the Polish by Bill Johnson. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Wieslaw Mysliwski Tags 1980s, 1984, Archipelago Books, Polish 5 Comments

Buddhadeva Bose: My Kind of Girl

June 27, 2016December 9, 2010 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Buddhadeva Bose’s My Kind of Girl, translated from the Bengali by Arunava Sinha. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Buddhadeva Bose Tags 1950s, 1951, Archipelago Books, Bengali Leave a comment

Elias Khoury: White Masks

June 17, 2016July 16, 2010 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Elias Khoury’s White Masks, translated from the Arabic by Maia Tabet. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Elias Khoury Tags 1980s, 1981, Arabic, Archipelago Books 3 Comments

Gerbrand Bakker: The Twin

August 4, 2016March 2, 2010 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Gerbrand Bakker’s The Twin, translated from the Dutch by David Colmer. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Gerbrand Bakker Tags 2000s, 2006, Archipelago Books, Dutch 8 Comments

Jacques Poulin: Translation Is a Love Affair

May 26, 2018August 31, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Jacques Poulin’s Translation Is a Love Affair, translated from the French by Sheila Fischman.

Categories Book Reviews, Jacques Poulin Tags 2000s, 2006, Archipelago Books, French 1 Comment

Jacques Poulin: Spring Tides

May 26, 2018August 24, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Jacques Poulin’s Spring Tides, translated from the French by Sheila Fischman.

Categories Book Reviews, Jacques Poulin Tags 1970s, 1978, Archipelago Books, French 9 Comments
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