Today The Criterion Collection released a box set I’ve been anticipating for a long time: The Essential Jacques Demy. Trevor gives a brief overview of the set and invites you to participate in a Demy marathon. Read the full post.
Trevor reviews Jean-Patrick Manchette’s 1972 crime novel, The Mad and the Bad, translated from the French by Donald Nicholson-Smith. The book comes out next week, and I recommend you do some odd chores over the weekend if you need to so you have some spare cash to pick it up. Read the full post
Trevor reviews Jean Ferry’s 1950 short story collection, The Conductor and Other Tales, translated from the French by Edward Gauvin. Read the full post.
Trevor explores Balzac’s “Facino Cane,” the first story in NYRB Classics’ new edition of The Human Comedy. Read the full post.
Trevor reviews Kim Thúy’s Ru, translated from the French by Sheila Fischman. Read the full post.
Trevor reviews Victor Serge’s Memoirs of a Revolutionary, translated from the French by Peter Sedgwick, with George Paizis. Read the full post.
Trevor reviews Jean-Philippe Toussaint’s Reticence, translated from the French by John Lambert. Read the full post.
Trevor reviews Eric Chevillard’s Demolishing Nisard, translated from the French by Jordan Stump. Read the full post.
Trevor reviews Jacques Jouet’s Upstaged, translated from the French by Leland de la Durantaye. Read the full post.
Trevor reviews Edouard Levé’s Suicide, translated from the French by Jan Steyn. Read the full post.