November’s Book: Waiting by Goretti Kyomuhendo (2007) November 1, 2024Posted inNovemberNo Comments Waiting by Goretti Kyomuhendo First published in 2007 by the Feminist Press. In November, we'll be discussing Goretti Kyomuhendo's Waiting,…
October’s Book: Panthers and the Museum of Fire by Jen Craig (2015) September 30, 2024Posted inOctoberNo Comments Panthers and the Museum of Fire by Jen Craig, with photographs by Bettina Kaiser First published in Australia in 2015 by…
September’s Book: Michael Kohlhaas by Heinrich von Kleist (1810) August 31, 2024Posted inSeptemberNo Comments Michael Kohlhaas by Heinrich von Kleist First published in 1810. At least seven English translations exist, including by John Oxenford (1844),…
August’s Book: Dream Story (Traumnovelle) by Arthur Schnitzler (1926) July 31, 2024Posted inAugustNo Comments Dream Story (Traumnovelle) by Arthur Schnitzler First published in Berlin by S. Fischer Verlag, 1926. Several English translations exist, including by…
July’s Book: A Lost Lady by Willa Cather (1923) June 30, 2024Posted inJulyNo Comments A Lost Lady by Willa Cather Published by Alfred A. Knopf (1923). Numerous editions since then. A Lost Lady was Cather's…
Verity Bargate’s Wafer-Thin Sticks of Dynamite June 15, 2024Posted inOther Wafer-Thin RecommendationsNo Comments Cover of the program from “An Evening for Verity Bargate” at the Soho Theatre, 1981. This is cross-posted from NeglectedBooks.com. Verity…
June’s Book: Sweet Dreams by Michael Frayn May 29, 2024Posted inJuneNo Comments Sweet Dreams by Michael Frayn Published by Collins (1973) and Viking (1974). At least a dozen subsequent editions From reviews and…
A Baker’s Dozen of Wafer-Thin Gems from Valancourt Books May 21, 2024Posted inOther Wafer-Thin RecommendationsNo Comments Valancourt Books, based in Richmond, Virginia, may be the premiere reissue-focused publisher in the U.S. outside of New York City. Their…
Five Wafer-Thin Slices of England Going to Pieces May 17, 2024Posted inOther Wafer-Thin RecommendationsNo Comments There have been plenty of novels about some cataclysmic disaster overwhelming England, but aside from J. G. Ballard's first three novels…
May’s Book: Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata April 30, 2024Posted in2024 Books, MayNo Comments Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata Translated by Edward G. Seidensticker Published by Charles E. Tuttle (US) and Secker & Warburg (UK),…