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Albert Cossery: The Colors of Infamy

July 11, 2016November 29, 2011 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Albert Cossery’s The Colors of Infamy, translated from the French by Alyson Waters. Read the full post.

Categories Albert Cossery, Book Reviews Tags 1990s, 1999, French, New Directions 1 Comment

Jean Echenoz: Ravel

July 6, 2016July 18, 2011 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Jean Echenoz’s Ravel, translated from the French by Linda Coverdale. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Jean Echenoz Tags 2000s, 2006, French 2 Comments

Jean Echenoz: Running

July 5, 2016June 30, 2011 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Jean Echenoz’s Running, translated from the French by Linda Coverdale. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Jean Echenoz Tags 2000s, 2008, French 3 Comments

Jean Echenoz: Lightning

July 5, 2016June 22, 2011 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Jean Echenoz’s Lightning, translated from the French by Linda Coverdale. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Jean Echenoz Tags 2010, 2010s, French 12 Comments

Georges-Olivier Châteaureynaud: A Life on Paper

June 29, 2016April 13, 2011 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Georges-Olivier Châteaureynaud’s remarkable collection of short stories, A Life on Paper, translated from the French by Edward Gauvin. Read the full post

Categories Book Reviews, Georges-Olivier Châteaureynaud Tags French, Short Story 11 Comments

Jacques Chessex: A Jew Must Die

June 27, 2016February 25, 2011 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Jacques Chessex’s A Jew Must Die, translated from the French by W. Donald Wilson. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Jacques Chessex Tags 2000s, 2009, French 2 Comments

Vivant Denon: No Tomorrow

June 27, 2016January 14, 2011 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Vivant Denon’s 1777 novella, No Tomorrow. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Vivant Denon Tags 1700s, 1777, French, New Directions, NYRB Classics 21 Comments

Albert Cossery: A Splendid Conspiracy

June 9, 2016May 31, 2010 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Albert Cossery’s A Splendid Conspiracy, translated from the French by Alyson Waters. Read the full post.

Categories Albert Cossery, Book Reviews Tags 1970s, 1975, French, New Directions 11 Comments

Jules Verne: Around the World in Eighty Days

June 7, 2016February 22, 2010 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor takes a look at Jules Verne’s Around the World in Eighty Days, translated from the French in 1873 by George Makepeace Towle. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Jules Verne Tags 1870s, 1873, French 9 Comments

J.M.G. Le Clézio: Desert

May 21, 2020December 28, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews J.M.G. Le Clézio’s Desert, translated from the French by C. Dickson.

Categories Book Reviews, J.M.G. Le Clézio Tags 1980, 1980s, French, Nobel Prize 2 Comments
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