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J.A. Baker: The Peregrine

June 27, 2016March 3, 2011 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews J.A. Baker’s strange 1967 book, The Peregrine. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, J.A. Baker Tags 1960s, 1967, NYRB Classics 10 Comments

Alexandros Papadiamantis: The Murderess

June 27, 2016January 18, 2011 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Alexandros Papadiamantis’s 1903 novel, The Murderess. Read the full post.

Categories Alexandros Papadiamantis, Book Reviews Tags 1900s, 1903, Greek, NYRB Classics 13 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

Brian Moore: The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne

June 17, 2016July 2, 2010 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Brian Moore’s 1955 novel, The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Brian Moore Tags 1950s, 1955, NYRB Classics 12 Comments

John Williams: Augustus

June 15, 2017June 14, 2010 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews John Williams’ Augustus. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, John Williams Tags 1970s, 1972, National Book Award, NYRB Classics 7 Comments

John Williams: Butcher’s Crossing

June 9, 2016May 11, 2010 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews John Williams’s 1960 novel, Butcher’s Crossing. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, John Williams Tags 1960, 1960s, NYRB Classics 23 Comments

Dezsö Kosztolányi: Skylark

June 9, 2016April 19, 2010 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Dezsö Kosztolányi’s 1924 novel, Skylark, translated from the Hungarian by Richard Aczel. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Dezsö Kosztolányi Tags 1920s, 1924, Hungarian, NYRB Classics 13 Comments

Adolfo Bioy Casares: The Invention of Morel

May 27, 2018September 7, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Adolfo Bioy Casares’s beautiful 1940 novella, The Invention of Morel.

Categories Adolfo Bioy Casares, Book Reviews Tags 1940, 1940s, NYRB Classics, Spanish 7 Comments

Richard Hughes: In Hazard

September 25, 2017September 15, 2008 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Richard Hughes’ 1938 hurricane book, In Hazard.

Categories Book Reviews, Richard Hughes Tags 1930s, 1938, NYRB Classics 3 Comments

Leonardo Sciascia: The Day of the Owl

September 24, 2017August 26, 2008 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor takes a welcome break from his Booker Prize reading and reviews Leonardo Sciascia’s The Day of the Owl, translated from the Italian by Archibald Colquhoun and Arthur Oliver.

Categories Book Reviews, Leonard Sciascia Tags 1960s, 1961, Italian, NYRB Classics 13 Comments
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