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Dirty Snow by Georges Simenon
Posted in Read in 2012
Tagged belgium, crime fiction, currently reading, france, georges simenon, louise varese, marc romano, nyrb, translation
Isle of the Dead by Gerhard Meier
Posted in Read in 2012
Tagged burton pike, dalkey archive press, gerhard meier, novella, recommended with reservations, switzerland, translation
The Greenhouse by Audur Ava Olafsdottir
Posted in Read in 2012
Tagged amazon, audur ava olafsdottir, brian fitzgibbon, iceland, not recommended, translation
The Chill by Romano Bilenchi
Posted in Read in 2012
Tagged ann goldstein, europa editions, italy, novella, recommended with reservations, romano bilenchi, translation
McSweeney’s #35
Posted in Read in 2012
Tagged mcsweeneys, norway, recommended with reservations, short story, translation, usa
Proud Beggars by Albert Cossery
Posted in Read in 2012
Tagged albert cossery, egypt, france, not recommended, nyrb, thomas w cushing, translation
Contaminated Air
From Ulysses to Martin Guerre, the story of the delayed return speaks to the ineffectual wish that our stories will not all end tragically. Hoping that a disappearance is only a long absence, we continue to expect miracles, less impossible in our frightened minds than the finality of an unknown death.
In the Guardian, Alberto Manguel reviews Purgatory by Tomás Eloy Martínez.
Posted in Reading
Tagged alberto manguel, argentina, book review, guardian, tomas eloy martinez, translation









