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Ah Cheng: The King of Trees

June 17, 2016August 9, 2010 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Ah Cheng’s The King of Trees, translated from the Chinese by Bonnie S. McDougall. Read the full post.

Categories Ah Cheng, Book Reviews Tags 1984, 1985, Chinese, New Directions 15 Comments

Muriel Spark: Not to Disturb

June 17, 2016July 12, 2010 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Muriel Spark’s Not to Disturb. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Muriel Spark Tags 1970s, 1971, New Directions 8 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

Muriel Spark: The Driver’s Seat

June 9, 2016April 6, 2010 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Muriel Spark’s The Driver’s Seat. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Muriel Spark, New Yorker Fiction Tags 1970, 1970s, Classic New Yorker Fiction, New Directions 11 Comments

W.G. Sebald: The Rings of Saturn

June 6, 2016January 29, 2010 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews W.G. Sebald’s The Rings of Saturn, translated from the German by Michael Hulse. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, W.G. Sebald Tags 1990s, 1995, German, New Directions 9 Comments

Roberto Bolaño: Monsieur Pain

June 6, 2016January 25, 2010 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Roberto Bolaño’s Monsieur Pain, translated from the Spanish by Chris Andrews. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Chris Andrews, Roberto Bolaño Tags 1990s, 1999, New Directions, Spanish 8 Comments

Roberto Bolaño: Distant Star

June 5, 2016January 1, 2010 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Roberto Bolaño’s Distant Star, translated from the Spanish by Chris Andrews. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Chris Andrews, Roberto Bolaño Tags 1990s, 1996, New Directions, Spanish Leave a comment

Dylan Thomas: A Child’s Christmas in Wales

May 21, 2020December 25, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Merry Christmas from The Mookse and the Gripes. Here’s a brief recommendation for Dylan Thomas’s A Child’s Christmas in Wales.

Categories Dylan Thomas Tags 1950s, 1954, New Directions Leave a comment

Javier Marías: Your Face Tomorrow, Vol. 2: Dance and Dream

October 10, 2018November 30, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Javier Marías’s Your Face Tomorrow, Vol. 2: Dance and Dream, translated from the Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa.

Categories Book Reviews, Javier Marías Tags 2000s, 2004, New Directions, Spanish 5 Comments

B.S. Johnson: The Unfortunates

October 10, 2018November 22, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews B.S. Johnson’s book in a box The Unfortunates, which has been re-released in a lovely edition by New Directions.

Categories B.S. Johnson, Book Reviews Tags 1960s, 1969, New Directions 15 Comments
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