{"id":14780,"date":"2015-01-05T15:26:31","date_gmt":"2015-01-05T19:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/?p=14780"},"modified":"2015-01-19T14:41:34","modified_gmt":"2015-01-19T18:41:34","slug":"releases-episode-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2015\/01\/05\/releases-episode-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Releases Episode 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since Brian and I have been having a hard time getting together to record our podcast with any regularity, I’ve decided to use the space I’m paying for to do a bit of a side-show (we will continue to do our episodes on NYRB Classics).<\/p>\n

It’s a bit of an experiment, so I’m going to need your feedback to let me know how to tweak it . . . or whether to scrap it entirely. It’s a short segment meant to draw attention to forthcoming books that I think look interesting.\u00a0While we try to cover as many of these as possible with written reviews, we cannot cover them all, so this hopefully supplements that. I’m planning on doing the show fortnightly, so this first episode covers the first two weeks of 2015.<\/p>\n

It will be especially beneficial if you jump in and send me an email every now and again about the books I cover that you’ve read. I’d love to read your thoughts on the show.<\/p>\n

But, on to this show.<\/p>\n

Here are the books for the first two weeks of January (and a few in December since these weeks are slow).<\/p>\n

\"AA Useless Man: Selected Stories<\/em><\/strong>, by Sait Faik Abasiyanik
\nTranslated from the Turkish by Maureen Freely and Alexander Dawe
\nArchipelago Books
\nPublication Date: January 6, 2015<\/p>\n

See the Archipelago Books publicity page\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

\n

\"TheThe Hollow Land<\/strong><\/em>, by Jane Gardam
\nEuropa Editions
\nPublication Date: January 6, 2015<\/p>\n

See the Europa Editions publicity page here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

\n

\"Tristana\"Tristana<\/strong><\/em>, by Benito P\u00e9rez Gald\u00f3s
\nTranslated from the Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa
\nNYRB Classics
\nPublication Date: December 2014<\/p>\n

See the NYRB Classics publicity page here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

\n

\"MidnightMidnight in the Century<\/strong><\/em>, by Victor Serge
\nTranslated from the French by Richard Greeman
\nNYRB Classics
\nPublication Date: December 2014<\/p>\n

See the NYRB Classics publicity page here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

\n

\"Captives\"Captives<\/strong><\/em>, by Norman Manea
\nTranslated from the Romanian by Jean Harris
\nNew Directions
\nPublication Date: December 2014<\/p>\n

See the New Directions publicity page here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

\n

\"SubtlySubtly Worded and Other Stories<\/strong><\/em>, by Teffi
\nTranslated from the Russian by Robert Chandler and Anne Marie Jackson
\nPushkin Press
\nPublication Date: December 2014<\/p>\n

See the Pushkin Press publicity page here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

\n

\"TexasTexas: The Great Theft<\/strong><\/em>, by Carmen Boullosa
\nTranslated from the Spanish by Samantha Schnee
\nDeep Vellum Publishing
\nPublication Date: December 2014<\/p>\n

See the Deep Vellum Publishing publicity page here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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If you have read or read any of these books, please let me know! Send me an email or comment below — I’d love to share your thoughts on future episodes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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