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Patrick Modiano: Such Fine Boys

September 22, 2017August 30, 2017 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Patrick Modiano’s Such Fine Boys, translated from the French by Mark Polizzotti, and published this week by Yale University Press.

Categories Book Reviews, Patrick Modiano Tags 1980s, 1982, Nobel Prize Leave a comment

Patrick Modiano: Sundays in August

September 22, 2017August 29, 2017 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews his new favorite Patrick Modiano book: Sundays in August, translated from the French by Damion Searls.

Categories Book Reviews, Patrick Modiano Tags 1980s, 1986, Nobel Prize 2 Comments

Kenzaburo Oe: Death by Water

July 14, 2016July 6, 2016 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Kenzaburo Oe’s Death by Water, translated from the Japanese by Deborah Boliver Boehm. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Kenzaburo Oe Tags 2000s, 2009, Japanese, Nobel Prize Leave a comment

Patrick Modiano: In the Café of Lost Youth

August 28, 2017March 10, 2016 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Patrick Modiano’s 2007 novel, In the Café of Lost Youth, translated from the French by Chris Clarke and published this week in a new edition by NYRB Classics.

Categories Book Reviews, Patrick Modiano Tags 2000s, 2007, French, Nobel Prize, NYRB Classics 2 Comments

Kazuo Ishiguro: The Buried Giant

October 5, 2017March 5, 2015 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Kazuo Ishiguro’s new novel The Buried Giant.

Categories Book Reviews, Kazuo Ishiguro Tags 2010s, 2015, Nobel Prize 9 Comments

2014 Nobel Prize in Literature

October 9, 2014October 9, 2014 by Trevor Berrett

The Nobel Prize in Literature has been announced. Read the full post.

Categories Book Prize News Tags Nobel Prize 18 Comments

J.M. Coetzee: Summertime

June 29, 2016April 26, 2011 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews J.M. Coetzee’s Summertime. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, J.M. Coetzee Tags 2000s, 2009, 2009 Booker Prize, Booker Prize, Nobel Prize 13 Comments

J.M. Coetzee: Youth

June 29, 2016April 22, 2011 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews J.M. Coetzee’s Youth. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, J.M. Coetzee Tags 2000s, 2002, Nobel Prize 3 Comments

J.M. Coetzee: Boyhood

June 29, 2016April 19, 2011 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews J.M. Coetzee’s Boyhood. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, J.M. Coetzee Tags 1990s, 1997, Nobel Prize 8 Comments

Imre Kertész: Fiasco

June 27, 2016March 28, 2011 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Nobel Prize winner Imre Kertész’s Fiasco. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Imre Kertész Tags 1980s, 1988, Hungarian, Melville House, Nobel Prize 6 Comments
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