December’s Book: The Promise by Silvina Ocampo (2011/2019)
The Promise by Silvina Ocampo, translated by Suzanne Jill Levine and Jessica Powell First published in 2011. First published in English…
November’s Book: Waiting by Goretti Kyomuhendo (2007)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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
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
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
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
There have been plenty of novels about some cataclysmic disaster overwhelming England, but aside from J. G. Ballard's first three novels…