Top-Rated Wafer-Thin Novels from The Complete Review February 25, 2024Posted inOther Wafer-Thin RecommendationsNo Comments Michael Orthofer's The Complete Review, "a selectively comprehensive, objectively opinionated survey of books old and new," is an increasingly rare…
Ten Wafer-Thin Books Set on Trains February 18, 2024Posted inOther Wafer-Thin Recommendations2 Comments Something about traveling by train offers a perennial formula for good fiction. Strangers meet on trains, are forced into awkward, artificial…
Tomoé Hill on Some of Her Favorite Wafer-Thin Books February 10, 2024Posted inOther Wafer-Thin Recommendations1 Comment When I asked Tomoé Hill if she were willing to recommend some of her favorite wafer-thin books, she responded enthusiastically with…
A Selection of New Directions’ Wafer-Thin Bibelots February 4, 2024Posted inOther Wafer-Thin RecommendationsNo Comments A healthy slice of 20th century literature could be signposted with the words, "See New Directions." The press that James Laughlin…
February’s Book: An Untouched House by W. F. Hermans February 1, 2024Posted in2024 BooksNo Comments An Untouched House by W. F. Hermans, translated by David Colmer Published by Archipelago, 2018 Also available from Pushkin Press From…
January’s Wafer-Thin Books Discussion January 30, 2024Posted in2024 Books, January8 Comments The video of January's Wafer-Thin Books reading group discussion of Max Blecher's Adventures in Immediate Irreality is now online. https://youtu.be/qKoDEGHuUls Among…
Five Wafer-Thin Recommendations from Marina Sofia January 27, 2024Posted inOther Wafer-Thin Recommendations2 Comments https://youtu.be/RnY9qP0iVRk Marina Sofia, translator and co-founder of Corylus Books Ltd, graciously agreed to be the first to record a video with…
January’s Book: Adventures In Immediate Irreality January 25, 2024Posted in2024 BooksNo Comments Adventures in Immediate Irreality by Max Blecher, translated by Michael Henry Heim Published by New Direction, 2015 Also available from the…
Max Blecher’s Adventures in Immediate Irreality and Thoughts on Translations January 20, 2024Posted in2024 Books, JanuaryNo Comments This guest post originally appeared in 2021 on Marina Sofia's findingtimetowrite and is reproduced with her permission. Max Blecher published the…
Seven Wafer-Thin Slices of Life (French) January 13, 2024Posted inOther Wafer-Thin Recommendations1 Comment Est-ce que vous souhaitez visiter la France mais vous n'avez pas le temps? Voilà! Try one of these wafer-thin slices of…