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Horacio Castellanos Moya: The She-Devil in the Mirror

May 27, 2018October 4, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Horacio Castellanos Moya’s The She-Devil in the Mirror, translated from the Spanish by Katherine Silver.

Categories Book Reviews, Horacio Castellanos Moya Tags 2000, 2000s, New Directions, Spanish 3 Comments

W.G. Sebald: The Emigrants

May 27, 2018September 27, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews W.G. Sebald’s The Emigrants, translated from the German by Michael Hulse.

Categories Book Reviews, W.G. Sebald Tags 1990s, 1993, German, New Directions 5 Comments

Evelio Rosero: The Armies

May 27, 2018September 19, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Evelio Rosero’s The Armies, translated from the Spanish by Anne McLean.

Categories Book Reviews, Evelio Rosero Tags 2000s, 2007, New Directions, Spanish 3 Comments

Robert Walser: The Tanners

May 26, 2018September 3, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Robert Walser’s 1907 novel, The Tanners, translated from the German by Susan Bernofsky.

Categories Book Reviews, Robert Walser Tags 1900s, 1907, German, New Directions 9 Comments

Roberto Bolaño: The Skating Rink

May 25, 2018August 18, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Roberto Bolaño’s The Skating Rink, translated from the Spanish by Chris Andrews.

Categories Book Reviews, Chris Andrews, Roberto Bolaño Tags 1990s, 1993, New Directions, Spanish 4 Comments

Yoel Hoffmann: Curriculum Vitae

May 25, 2018August 3, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Yoel Hoffmann’s Curriculum Vitae, translated from the Hebrew by Peter Cole.

Categories Book Reviews, Yoel Hoffman Tags 2000s, 2007, Hebrew, New Directions 1 Comment

Roberto Bolaño: By Night in Chile

February 12, 2018July 24, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Roberto Bolaño’s By Night in Chile, translated from the Spanish by Chris Andrews.

Categories Book Reviews, Chris Andrews, Roberto Bolaño Tags 2000, 2000s, New Directions, Spanish 11 Comments

Inger Christensen: Azorno

February 12, 2018July 12, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Inger Christensen’s Azorno, translated from the Danish by Denise Newman.

Categories Book Reviews, Inger Christensen Tags 1960s, 1967, Danish, New Directions 11 Comments

César Aira: How I Became a Nun

February 12, 2018June 26, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews César Aira’s How I Became a Nun, translated from the Spanish by Chris Andrews.

Categories Book Reviews, César Aira, Chris Andrews Tags 1980s, 1989, New Directions, Spanish 9 Comments

Javier Marías: Your Face Tomorrow, Volume I: Fever and Spear

February 12, 2018June 18, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Javier Marías’s Your Face Tomorrow, Volume 1: Fever and Spear, translated from the Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa..

Categories Book Reviews, Javier Marías Tags 2000s, 2002, New Directions, Spanish 8 Comments
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