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Luis Buñuel: Simon of the Desert

July 16, 2014February 12, 2014 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Luis Buñuel’s short film on faith and hypocrisy, Simon of the Desert. Read the full post.

Categories Luis Buñuel Tags Criterion Collection, Film, Spanish 6 Comments

César Aira: Shantytown

January 28, 2016December 4, 2013 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews César Aira’s Shantytown, translated from the Spanish by Chris Andrews. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, César Aira, Chris Andrews Tags Spanish 6 Comments

Luis Buñuel: The Exterminating Angel

July 16, 2014November 27, 2013 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Luis Buñuel’s film, The Exterminating Angel. Read the full post.

Categories Luis Buñuel Tags Criterion Collection, Film, Spanish 3 Comments

Luis Buñuel: Viridiana

July 16, 2014August 1, 2013 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Luis Buñuel’s 1961 film and Palm d’Or winner, Viridiana. Read the full post.

Categories Luis Buñuel Tags Criterion Collection, Film, Spanish 4 Comments

César Aira: The Hare

January 27, 2016July 26, 2013 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews César Aira’s The Hare, translated from the Spanish by Nick Caistor. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, César Aira Tags Spanish 3 Comments

César Aira: The Miracle Cures of Dr. Aira

July 29, 2016October 16, 2012 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews César Aira’s The Miracle Cures of Dr. Aira, translated from the Spanish by Katherine Silver. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, César Aira Tags 1990s, 1998, New Directions, Spanish Leave a comment

Ramón del Valle-Inclán: Tyrant Banderas

July 20, 2016August 8, 2012 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Ramón del Valle-Inclán’s 1926 novel, Tyrant Banderas, translated from the Spanish by Peter Bush. Read the full post.

Categories Ramón del Valle-Inclán Tags 1920s, 1926, NYRB Classics, Spanish 2 Comments

Carlos Fuentes: Vlad

July 20, 2016July 17, 2012 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Carlos Fuentes’s Vlad, translated from the Spanish by E. Shaskan Bumas and Alejandro Branger. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Carlos Fuentes Tags 2000s, 2004, Dalkey Archive, Spanish 1 Comment

Sergio Chejfec: The Planets

July 18, 2016June 11, 2012 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Sergio Chejfec’s The Planets, translated from the Spanish by Heather Cleary. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Chejfec Sergio Tags 1990s, 1999, Open Letter Books, Spanish 3 Comments

Enrique Vila-Matas: Never Any End to Paris

July 14, 2016April 29, 2012 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Enrique Vila-Matas’s Never Any End to Paris, translated from the Spanish by Anne McLean. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Enrique Vila-Matas Tags 2000s, 2003, New Directions, Spanish 1 Comment
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